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Letter confirming return of personal belongings after resignation or dismissal

Use this expert‑drafted HR letter to formally confirm return of an employee’s personal belongings after leaving the organisation.

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By Stephen Simpson, Brightmine Principal Editor, Employment Law and Compliance

There are circumstances in which an employer will consider it appropriate to remove a departing employee from the workplace immediately. For example, the employer may be concerned about an employee who is being paid in lieu of notice or placed on garden leave accessing confidential information. This may lead to the employee having to leave the workplace in a rush and the employer may have to arrange for their personal belongings to be collected or sent on later.

Use this model letter to confirm to an employee who has resigned or been dismissed that personal belongings have been returned to them.

In this resource, you will find:

  • Example letter wording
  • Supporting guidance for using this letter

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About the author

Stephen Simpson, Acting content manager - employment law and compliance at Brightmine

Stephen Simpson
Principal Editor – Employment Law and Compliance, Brightmine

Stephen is a principal editor who has worked on the Brightmine employment law and leading practice resources for over 20 years. After growing up in Northern Ireland in the 1980s, he trained as a solicitor in England in the 1990s but soon moved into legal publishing. He was among the first recruits to Brightmine in the year before it was launched as XpertHR in 2002.

Stephen has worked on a wide range of employment law and leading practice resources, including overseeing the creation and expansion of the HR templates resource types (Policies and procedures, Letters and forms, and Contract clauses). He has written up over 1,000 reports on employment law cases and created practical guidance on a range of HR issues for the Commentary & insights tool. He also had a stint working on Personnel Today.

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