Termination of employment: guides and templates
In our guide to terminating employment, we provide guidance on ensuring that dismissals are fair, taxation of termination payments, pay in lieu and retirement.
Access our guidance documents on termination of employment
Guidance on pay in lieu of notice
Where an employer decides to terminate an employee’s contract, it is not unusual for it to do so by paying in lieu of notice. We outline some considerations.
Guide to the taxation of termination payments
Severance payments paid on the termination of employment will almost always attract some element of taxation in relation to all or part of the…
Checklists and forms
Job description form
FAQs
How do I calculate the effective date of termination?
Guide to managing without a default retirement age
Guide to pre-termination negotiations and settlement agreements
On 29 July 2013 the Employment Rights Act 1996 was amended to bring in the concept of pre-termination negotiations and to rename compromise agreements…
Insights
A class Act for employers? The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act becomes Law
Legal guidelines for a fair dismissal
Letters and standard documents
Letter accepting resignation where resignation does not suggest any basis for complaint