Plan how to cover work when an employee leaves

If an employee is leaving their role, you should meet with your employee create a handover plan.

Next, you should think about how you will cover their work once they are gone. 

You could:  

• recruit a replacement in the same role by following the guidance about hiring permanent, fixed term and temporary posts  
• update their job profile and recruit to a similar role  
• decide not to replace their role - where the role is no longer required, review the organisational structure and identify any missing skill gaps  
• save costs by redistributing or stopping the work your leaver does, but consider the wellbeing of others and how the additional work will impact them