Generate a professional resignation letter for the UK. Covers notice period, final working day, handover offer. Free DraftRight template with AI personalisation.
Generate Resignation Letter Free →A resignation letter formally records your decision to leave a UK job: the date you give notice, your final working day, and your willingness to support a handover. Honour your contractual notice period to avoid breach of contract claims.
Whatever your contract says (often 1-3 months). Statutory minimum is 1 week if you’ve been employed continuously for 1+ month.
Only if your employer agrees. Under ERA 1996 s.86(3) either party can waive the right to notice on an occasion, or accept a payment in lieu, so a shorter leaving date can be agreed. Without that agreement, leaving before your notice ends risks a breach of contract claim.
Optional. Polite, professional, and forward-looking goes a long way. Personal grievances are usually better aired in writing separately.
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