Choose the path that fits your situation, from giving notice to checking final pay and employment records.
Review the notice requirement and plan the date before preparing your letter.
Check the notice rule → 02Check the grounds, evidence and employer-waiver questions before choosing a letter.
Check my options → 03Review the components and prepare a written follow-up using your records.
Follow up on final pay → 04Check the separate process for requesting your Certificate of Employment.
Request employment records → 05Read about forced resignation and the evidence to preserve.
Review my situation → 06Understand what to check before responding to a damages or training-repayment demand.
Review the demand →Check the applicable rule. Identify your employment arrangement, contract or CBA, notice requirement and any claimed just cause or agreed waiver. These guides primarily address Philippine private-sector employment; special rules may apply.
If you are still on probation, read the probationary-employee notice guide. If health is the reason for leaving, use the medical-resignation guide to identify the facts and records to check.
Document the date and decision. Use the notice-date planning calculator to plan a proposed final day, then choose the appropriate standard, waived-notice or just-cause letter sample. The resignation and early-release letter builder helps prepare wording for your review; it does not submit the letter. Keep proof of delivery. A calculator result is not a legal ruling.
If your employer refuses to acknowledge the letter or disputes your last day, read the employer-refusal guide before deciding what to do next.
Record turnover and clearance. Follow the clearance guide and use the handover and company-property return builder to organize the work and property records. Keep actual return receipts and obtain written confirmation of unresolved accountabilities.
If HR says your turnover is incomplete, use the incomplete-turnover guide to identify the disputed work, records or property before preparing your response.
Check pay and employment records. Use the final-pay calculator guide to review the computation, then compare an employer’s itemized statement with the final-pay statement checker. Use the final-pay follow-up builder for a written clarification request. Request your COE separately and keep written follow-ups. A dispute about damages does not by itself authorize a deduction.
If you are asked to sign a release or waiver, read the quitclaim guide before deciding whether to sign.
Find the next help route. If the issue remains unresolved, use Where Should I File: DOLE, NLRC or SEnA? to explore a likely starting point and prepare the records to discuss with the receiving office or a qualified adviser. This is a routing and preparation aid, not a filing service or a binding decision about your case. Keep the existing deadline advice in view; do not treat completing a tool as resolving the dispute.
Leaving sooner: A personal urgency does not automatically establish an Article 300 just cause; a written employer waiver may be needed. Read the grounds and evidence guide.
Pressured resignation: A signed letter alone does not settle voluntariness. Review the evidence to preserve before choosing a voluntary-resignation template.
Repayment demands: The claim, any wage deduction and the correct forum each need their own legal basis.
Core concepts: Resignation · Immediate Resignation · Notice Period · Turnover · Clearance · Final Pay · Certificate of Employment · Quitclaim.
For a disputed resignation, substantial demand or official notice, seek advice on the complete facts and any response deadline. These guides and tools provide general information and do not determine liability or guarantee an outcome.
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