Employee separation is the offboarding record for one person: when it starts, who does each activity, and the exit interview summary. Open **Employee Separation** under **Lifecycle & Compliance**. The list title is **Employee Separations**.

Columns are **Employee**, **Begins**, and **Status**. Search reads **Search...**. An empty list is titled **No employee separations yet** and reads **Manage resignations, terminations, and offboarding**. Choose **New Employee Separation**.

## Start a separation

1. Choose **New Employee Separation**. The form title is **New Employee Separation**, and the status chip reads **Pending**.
2. Choose **Employee**. That field is required. **Employee Name**, **Department**, **Designation**, and **Resignation Letter Date** stay read-only.
3. Set **Separation Begins On**. That date is required.
4. Choose **Employee Separation Template** when you want a reusable checklist.
5. Turn on **Notify Users by Email** when the assignees should get email.
6. Under **Separation Activities**, choose **Add Row** for each task. **Activity Name** is required. Set **Role** to **HR User**, **Manager**, or **Employee**. Enter **Begin On (Days)**, **Duration (Days)**, **Task Weight**, and **Description**. Set the row **Status** to **Pending**, **In Process**, or **Completed**.
7. Enter **Exit Interview Summary** when you have it.
8. Choose **Create Employee Separation**.

The confirmation is **Employee Separation created**. Status stays **Pending**, **In Process**, or **Completed** and you do not type it yourself.

You can also start from the employee’s **Connections** list, under **Lifecycle**, using **+** on **Separations**.

## Update the checklist

Open the separation and change activities or the exit interview summary, then **Save**. The confirmation is **Changes saved**. **Saving…** shows while it stores.

**Save** with nothing new says **No changes to save**. If **Employee** or **Separation Begins On** is missing, the message names those fields and nothing is created. A failed save says **Save failed. Your edits are still here.**

## Next

- [Grievances](/hrms/tenure/grievances)
- [Lifecycle](/hrms/tenure/overview)