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Recently handed in my resignation letter?

I have been in a full time office job for the last 6 months, and have just handed in my resignation letter, thereby giving my employer 4 weeks notice of my attention to leave my post. This notice of leave will take me towards end of October. However, I am now having 2nd thoughts and am considering withdrawing my resignation letter. Do you know of any 'standard laws' where employees are allowed to take back their resignation letter or does each employer handle this type of situation differently?

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I doubtthere are any laws. Just go in and ask. They will either accept or they won't. Would not be a very good carreer move to go in citing laws and demanding that they let you stay.
If you've resigned, your employer can take you up on it. If you've now decided you'd rather not go, you'd better try sounding out your employer on how glad he'll be to see the back of you. If he'd prefer you to stay, he'll give you back your resignation letter.
if your present employer hasn't made the effort to convince you to change your mind, then a 'withdrawn' letter of resignation will not be accepted. you are out. there is no law or custom regarding a resignation renege. and since the paper trail is unassailable, recourse does not exist.
I don't know about law, but it rather depends on how you worded your resignation letter. If you said "you can stick your job up your b*****d a***, you f*****g w******.", you are unlikely to get very far.
you can take your lead from the way that your resignation was received. Did they act surprised? Did they ask you to stay? If the answer to either of these is no...then they probably will not accept you recinding the resignation. In fact...many employers will actually give you the pay for the time during the resignation and ask you to leave immediately. This is done because once you have made up your mind to leave, you can be a distraction to the other employees, or there may be a possibility of sabotage. So---do not be surprised if you attempt to recind your resignation and they say "no thanks". good luck :)
There are no laws allowing you to withdraw your resignation. But if you're a good employee and they haven't found a replacement yet, they might let you change your mind - talk to them as soon as possible and ask.
I do not know of any laws. Why do you want to withdraw your letter? Did you try to speak to your supervisior? I have a feeling that you cannot take it back since your company hasw probably found someone to replace you already. Try to talk to them. Godo luck
Under U.K employment law you have officially handed in your resignation therefore terminating your employment as per your contractual right. Therefore, as you have done this you have confirmed that you wish for your employment to be terminated. Unfortunately, this is a mutually agreed change to your employment contract (in the same way if you and your employer agreed a change to say, your notice period). Basically, your employer does not have to accept your change of heart. However, if your role has not yet been recruited for however this puts you in a stronger position, speak to your manager, confirm you have had second thoughts and ask your employer whether they would accept a withdrawal of your resignation (have a letter with you ready to show you are serious is my advice stating that you would be grateful if they would accept your withdrawal and state your reasons). The question is though, if they have recruited your replacement they will no doubt say no 'tough luck' as they cannot withdraw an offer of employment. From your employers perspective, they will also want to know what has changed - be ready to respond to this with good reasons as they may think that if they take you back as far as they are concerned you may resign again in a month etc! Good luck and before you speak to your manager think why you resigned in the first place - have the reasons really changed or are you just scared now the realisation has kicked in? If it is still early days and you are a valued employee speaking from experience, an employer will be sympathetic if they can be. Just be honest. Hope it goes well.
I think you would have to re apply for your job. You might end up with different terms and conditions, plus if it is a small firm your employer might feel betrayed and not trust you.
All you need to do is to go talk to your supervisor about it. Tell him/her that you've changed your mind and you would like to stay working there. If they haven't hired anybody for that position and if you are in good term with then you should be able to get your job back.
Recruiting new staff is expensive and time consuming, it can take 3 months to get a replacement in. If you got on well with your boss and did a reasonable job, the chances are that they will take you back, although this could be at less money. Call your boss and talk to him/her. Do not go in spouting any legislation or regulations as this will ensure you get a negative response.
No there are not laws giving you a "do-over". This would definitely vary from employer to employer. As a small business owner, I would probably tell you "no thanks, I already have a replacement." Even if I didn't. But that is me. You can't know if you don't ask, so go ask. Good luck
You are protected in law if you withdraw the notice immediately. eg within hours or the following day.(or possibly more but certainly less than a week) If you are in good time still and the employer refuses to allow the withdraw of notice you can make a claim for unfair dismissal. Otherwise the employer has to agree to the withdraw
If I were an employer and you handed in your resignation and then asked to cancel I would not, the thought would be there in my mind that you are going to change your job and I would not be able to rely on you.