Managing a Team

Have an Employee Who Is Leaving? We Made a Guide for That.

Offboarding an employee is never easy. This guide will help the process go smoother.

Justworks
May 27, 2016 • 1 minute

Whether your employee has left your company for another one or passed away, the required paperwork is hard to keep top of mind when a big transition is taking place.

Managing a Team

A Helpful Guide to Offboarding Employees

When an employee transitions out of your company, it can be tough to handle. Take care of everything from required paperwork to exit interviews with this guide.

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Offboarding a departing employee isn’t as simple as waving goodbye and wishing them well. Between IRS forms, payroll and benefit complications, and electronic account access, details can slip through the cracks. Have a procedure in place.Because there are so many different aspects to consider, we built out a guide to make offboarding employees easier and more effective for your business.

A Guide to Offboarding

More specifically, this guide will walk you through how to:

  • Tie up loose ends before an employee leaves

  • Acknowledge a resignation and create clear next steps

  • Ask the right questions in an exit interview

  • Determine what style of exit interviews fit your company best

  • Pay deceased employees

  • Offer support after a death in the workplace

  • Increase communication so employees are on the same page

This material has been prepared for informational purposes only, and is not intended to provide, and should not be relied on for, legal or tax advice. If you have any legal or tax questions regarding this content or related issues, then you should consult with your professional legal or tax advisor.