The Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales (IRC) recently determined that an administrative support officer was not allowed to withdraw her resignation after the fact, as the common law position that allows for resignations to be withdrawn in exceptional circumstances did not apply in this case; our own Susan Sadler CPHR, CEO of Red Wagon Workplace Solutions recently provided some insight on the results of this case and the subsequent employee appeals.
“There’s no automatic right to be able to rescind a formal resignation unless there were exceptional circumstances; when I reflect on my 20 years of experience in HR, there are only a handful of times when we’ve agreed to rescind a resignation, you have to consider each request on its own merits. Generally speaking, you probably wouldn’t allow them to come back unless there was a positive relationship in place anyway.”
Read the whole article here: HRM Magazine: When can an employee retract their resignation?