Help with resignation letter.. please?

[Thatlastmargarita]

I'm in the process of writing my resignation letter that discloses information about my mental health. I have a feeling that my employer will share my letter with other members of staff.
I know that in the US, employees are protected under the HIPPA law. Am I protected from anything here in the UK?

Thank you in advance.

Why do you need to include this information? Can’t you just give your notice with no reasons as to why?

Don’t disclose info in your resignation letter. Make it very short and bland. ‘I wish to hand in my notice. My last day of employment will be X.’

Why do you have to disclose your mental health issues, can’t you just write that due to personal reasons you are giving notice.

You don't need to disclose anything like that. It's there a reason you want to?

Short and to the point - I resign - no need to go into it.

Please don't include anything that you don't have to.

Say this is your letter of resignation and your last working day will be X, and that you want either to take remaining leave days or be paid for them [state which you want]. That's it.

Why do you want to tell them anything other than "I'm off on xxx. Thank you for the opportunity"

You can mention more in an exit interview if you think it's worth it but I'm not sure it is really.

The gist of it is that I went to my employer last week and told them about the impact the job has had on my mental health, and they told me 'well you're not dying, it could be worse'. I have a feeling that due to the fact that I'm handing my notice in, I'll be told to leave straight away, which is an unfair dismissal.
I've been told that a brief outline of what had happened should be contained within the letter so that should they dismiss me before my stated resignation date I have covered my own back for unfair dismissal, and that I will have evidence of their acknowledgement of the situation that occurred instead of a 'he said, she said' type scenario.

OP if they pay you suitable notice it won't be unfair dismissal.
Furthermore you should simply write a plain resignation letter. If you want them to address alleged discrimination on the grounds of MH you need to submit a grievance. A resignation letter is not the platform for that sort of thing. You can submit both letters at the same time.

Who told you that? Acas?

If they pay you in lieu of notice that's not unfair.

Put that in writing to your manager about your health but I still wouldn't have it in the resignation letter. Who has been advising you to?

I spoke to a member of Citizens Advice who advised me on what to place in my resignation. I went to them because I have no contract (none of the workers there do) and I have a feeling I won't be paid for my holiday entitlement.

ACAS will be a much better bet than CAB who I find can advise some very strange things. Telling you think would be unfair dismissal is a good example.

You don't need a signed contract, you have statutory protection.

Your resignation date is the date of the letter. You are saying you want to work a notice period so your leaving day would be later. If your employer doesn't want you to then they need to pay your notice off.

Being really honest - if you dont even have a contract, then it really wont matter what you put in the letter as it will be hard to get them to do the right thing.

possibly the best thing here is to cut your losses, resign, and just go.

if you dont want people to know about your mental health dont write it down

Call Acas. www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=2042

Okay so just to make sense of this, I have 11.8 days of holidays left to take, and my notice is 14 days.. so they could actually ask me to leave in two days time?

Disclosing information about your ill health (if you feel you need to do so) should be completely separate to your resignation.

Why don't you book your holiday and then hand in your notice so in theory you've worked' your notice and will definitely get your go missy pay.

They could put you on Garden Leave anyway. Does it matter when they ask you to leave as long as you're paid?

No, they could ask you to leave immediately. The leave is irrelevant to notice.

That's a lot of accumulated leave. Is that your statutory entitlement? Do you have good records of when you've been off?

@Namechangeforthiscancershit I have a record of each rota for the last eight months.
On the ACAS website it states that if you work full time for 5 (or more) days a week, you’re entitled to at least 5.6 weeks' (28 days') paid holiday (statutory annual leave) a year. According to the calculator, for the 8 months I've been there I will have accrued 16.8 days off, but I have taken five as a holiday already.

Is your notice 14 calendar days?

If so, they could dictate that you take ten of your annual leave days rather than working it, and pay you for the others. Are these days you have accrued, rather than days left for the whole year?

Make sure you deduct any bank holidays taken from the accrued entitlement as well.

@MrsMaiselsMuff these are the holidays that I have accrued as far as I am aware

5.6 weeks includes bank holidays, have you factored how many bank holidays you've had off (if applicable).
If you hand your notice in and they ask you to leave straight away it's either because they will pay you in lieu of notice (PILON) or you're on garden leave. It isn't unfair dismissal, you aren't being dismissed.

@MrsMaiselsMuff I work all bank holidays, too.