To resign by email?

[Pohtaytoh]

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Due back to work on 25th August, had a back to work meeting 4 weeks ago to discuss flexible working request. As agreed in the meeting, 2 weeks after the meeting received a response declining my requesting offering full time 30 mins earlier start/finish no surprise there with a pretty crappy reason but hey ho . The letter requested i confirm my plans by 11th July. I have a 4 week notice period so though i had until 27th July to tell them i wasn't coming back but now panicking. Am away, to hit their deadline (if i have to) i'll have to email my resignation. Is this acceptable?

Well, if you're away, and you want to resign, it's inevitable that you will have to contact them by letter or email. Even if you phoned, they'd want it in writing, surely?

So between letter and email, email seems more sensible as it will arrive immediately and doesn't run the risk of being lost in the post.

Do you want to resign?

i resigned recently by email similar thing i worked for the nhs i was advised by a union rep to resign by email so i think its acceptable.

Completely acceptable in my opinion. Where I work I have access to the whole email system and regularly have to divert things to the right person, I've had a few email resignations, the boss never thinks any differently to a handwritten one. Just tell them that if they need it in writing to let you know.

I'm in the same position as you at the moment, I've asked for shorter hours after my mat leave they have said "yes we will have to see how it goes in practice" which to me means they know in practice they won't be happy, but they want to gather evidence lol.

I did this recently , perfectly acceptable I would say.

Fine. You could attach a scanned in copy of the letter and advise that the hard copy is in the post, but from the point of view of getting it in on time, absolutely fine.

You can give more than the notice specified in your contract so you can resign now and give notice to end employment on 25 August if you want. alternatively, if your contract just asks for resignation in writing then it can be done by email.