Employee offboarding guide

This guide will help you ensure that you're offboarding your employees correctly, reducing stress and minimizing legal risks.

An effective offboarding process helps provide clear structure for both employer and employee while keeping things amicable and supporting the person’s transition out of your organization.

What’s included in the employee offboarding guide:

• Timeframes for offboarding a departing employee
• How to support the person leaving
• When to let the rest of the team know
• How to finalize and store paperwork
• Ensure seamless knowledge transfer

What is employee offboarding?

Offboarding is the process of supporting an employee as they leave a business or organization.

The steps and duration of the offboarding process will depend on the reason the person is leaving (e.g. termination with cause vs without cause) and the provisions contained in their employment agreement.

Who is this guide for?

• Business leaders
• Managers
• Supervisors
• Anyone responsible for employee documentation and records