Employee Offboarding SOP
End employment cleanly: access removed, assets returned, pay and knowledge handled.
The full Employee Offboarding SOP (all 7 steps, 2 controls, records and measures) is one of 36 editable Word SOPs in the SOP Template Kit: $79.
| Document no. | HR-02 | Department | Human Resources |
1. Purpose
End employment cleanly: access removed, assets returned, pay and knowledge handled.
2. Scope
All leavers, voluntary or not, and contractors at contract end.
3. Roles and responsibilities
| Role | Responsibility |
|---|---|
| HR | Runs the checklist. |
| Manager | Plans handover. |
| IT | Removes access and recovers equipment. |
4. Procedure
| Step | Who | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HR | On notice or decision, set the leaving date and open the offboarding checklist. |
| 2 | Manager | Agree a handover plan: open work, documents, customer and supplier contacts. |
| 3 | IT | Schedule access removal for the end of the last day; immediately for involuntary exits. |
| + 4 more steps, 2 controls, 3 records and 2 measures in the full SOP. | ||