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Sample!resignation!letter!and!template!0!(when!you!are!not!able,!or!
firmly!do!not!wish,!to!work!your!notice!period)!
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Name,!Position,!Organisation!Name!and!Address!(each!on!a!separate!line)!
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Date!
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Dear!(line!manager!name!9!e.g.,!Mr!Smith,!or!first!name!if!appropriate)!!
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Please! accept! this! as! formal! notice! of! my! resignation! from! the! position! of! (your! job! title! and!
site/department/division!as!applicable),!with!effect!from!(normally!date!of!the!letter!or!receipt!of!letter!9!
check!your!contract!9!if!in!doubt!refer!to!date!of!letter).!
I!realise!that!my!contract!of!employment!requires!me!to!work!until!(date!that!your!employment!ceases!
according! to! notice! period,! calculated! from! your! stated! effective! date! of! resignation),! however! I'd! be!
grateful! to! be! released! earlier! on! (date! that! you! actually! need! to! leave),! and! will! assume! that! this! is!
acceptable!unless!you!inform!me!to!the!contrary.!!
(This!part!is!optional!:)!While!I!believe!that!I!am!moving!for!good!reasons,!I!am!sorry!to!leave,!and!I!thank!
you!for!your!support!during!my!time!with!the!company,!which!I!have!found!enjoyable!and!fulfilling.!!
(And!if!applicable!:)!Please! l et!me!know!the!arrangements!for!handing!back!equ ip ment,!company!car,! etc.,!
and!handing!over!outstanding!work!and!responsibilities.!!
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Yours!sincerely!