Employee Offboarding Checklist
Knowledge transfer, access revocation, comms, and final pay — without the awkward gaps.
Confirm departure date in writing
Resignation letter or termination notice on file.
~5 min
Knowledge transfer plan
List of in-flight work, documents to update, handover sessions.
~60 min
Announce internally
Team first, then company. Manager owns the message.
~15 min
Revoke all access
SSO, email forwarding (if needed), devices returned, badges deactivated.
~30 min
Process final pay and benefits
Last payroll, accrued PTO, benefits continuation paperwork.
~45 min
Exit interview
Schedule with HR within last week. Capture feedback.
~45 min
Coordinate offboarding across your team
Review this checklist with HR, IT and the employee's manager. Adapt it to your access-removal, equipment-return and handover policies; a checklist does not replace legal or security review.
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