Ensuring Digital Signature Lawfulness for Resignation Letter in United Kingdom

How to eSign a document: digital signature lawfulness for Resignation Letter in United Kingdom

this employment lore video is on resigning it's always important to make sure that you understand your obligations before resigning it's also important that you have a plan in place so here are a few pieces of advice before you resign notice it's usually sensible not to resign until you have agreed terms with your new employer and preferably signed a new employment contract this will usually reduce the risk of you being jobless should things fall through don't forget to check your notice provisions in your contract and make sure that any start date for your new employer doesn't fall until after your notice ends after announcing your resignation it's advisable to confirm any announcement in writing and also in that confirmation make it clear your last date of employment restrictive covenants before resigning it's wise to check your employment contract to see whether you have any restrictive covenants a restrictive covenant could prevent you from joining a competitor or setting up in competition other restrictions might prevent you for a period of time or from soliciting or dealing with clients of your current employer or poaching your current employers staff do check your contract and make sure that you understand what those restrictions are a restriction is only enforceable if it goes no further than necessary to protect the legitimate interests of the employer but restrictions which for example preclude employees from working for a competitor for 12 months have on occasions been deemed enforceable by the courts before you join a new competitor if you're in any doubt about your restrictions it's sensible for you to obtain legal advice before starting that new role I always recommend you telling your new employer what your restrictions are to put your new employer on notice to bonuses bonuses normally discretionary and usually in employment contracts there will be a clause stating that you will only be eligible for a bonus if you're in in employment on payment date and neither you nor your employer has given notice by that time it's therefore important to plan any resignation carefully particularly if you want to be considered for a bonus remember to return all company property to your employer including any confidential information you must also delete any confidential information from any personal computer or mobile phone unless you had specific consent from your employer that's my video on resigning the usual legal caveat is that this video is for guidance only and should not be relied upon for specific advice for more information visit my website and if you're interested in receiving notifications on any employment law videos do subscribe to my channel