As a further contribution here, this is the contents of a letter we use when a senior employee has resigned and is going to work a notice period:
We refer to your resignation letter dated [date]. We are writing to confirm acceptance of your resignation.
As you know, your contractual notice period is [one] calendar month. This means that the date of termination of your employment will be [date]. After taking into consideration your scheduled leave arrangements, the last date in the office will be [date].
In accepting your resignation, you will appreciate that we must take into account the best interests of the Company and, naturally, we assume and expect you to do the same whilst remaining a Company employee in order to minimise any disruption that might arise from your forthcoming departure. Therefore, whilst continuing to be employed by the Company, you should continue to comply with the terms and conditions of your Contract of Employment and act in a manner which does not breach those terms and conditions or your implied duties, including those of good faith and fidelity to the Company.
We also remind you that for the duration of your notice period, the Company’s policy relating to discipline and performance at work will continue to apply, as well as your duty not to compete or disclose confidential information.
We also take this opportunity of reminding you of the terms and conditions contained in your Contract of Employment that apply and that will continue to be ongoing beyond the termination of your employment, particularly the clauses relating to confidentiality, protection of intellectual property and restrictive covenants.
You will be paid your normal salary and benefits up to the date of the termination of your employment, together with a sum in respect of accrued but untaken annual leave entitlement (if any). If by your termination date you have taken more annual leave than you have accrued for the current holiday year the Company reserves the right to deduct from your final salary payment a sum equivalent to the excess annual leave taken.
During the course of the next few days we will formalise an appropriate transition plan with respect to your tasks and responsibilities and will communicate this to you in due course.
Could you please complete the attached acceptance slip to confirm the arrangements set out above.
Yours sincerely,