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Garden leave

“Garden leave” or “gardening leave” is the practice of requiring an employee not to attend the employer’s premises for work during his or her contractual notice period. Instead, the employee is paid his or her full contractual salary to stay at home. The practice is often used where a senior or key employee resigns in order to join a competitor.


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    Football and HR: 10 employment law issues in the beautiful game

    by Dean Fuller 18 Feb 2022
    by Dean Fuller 18 Feb 2022

    Many cases highlight how professionalism is lacking in UK football when it comes to employment contracts, even in the ultra rich Premier League.

    • Europe
    • Vaccinations
    • Coronavirus

    Italian firm offers vaccine refusers six months’ paid leave

    by Adam McCulloch 27 Jul 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 27 Jul 2021

    The move by Italian high-end design firm Brunello Cucinelli is designed to protect workers who have been vaccinated.

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    • Notice periods

    Calculating notice pay for employees on furlough

    by Daniel Barnett 29 Apr 2020
    by Daniel Barnett 29 Apr 2020

    The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) was created at such speed that it created many unanswered questions. The government has...

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    • Bullying and harassment

    KPMG partners leave firm after WhatsApp probe

    by Adam McCulloch 9 Sep 2019
    by Adam McCulloch 9 Sep 2019

    A misconduct investigation at services giant KPMG into the use of WhatsApp messages by a senior manager has led to the departure of three top executives.

    • Notice periods
    • Payment in lieu of notice (PILON)
    • Confidentiality

    How to deal with the risks of departing employees with a grudge

    by Pam Loch 19 Dec 2017
    by Pam Loch 19 Dec 2017

    Employees who are leaving under a cloud can cause problems, demonstrated recently when a Twitter employee hid President Trump’s account...

    • Probationary periods
    • Notice periods
    • Garden leave

    Employee notice periods: Getting the balance right

    by Michael Carty 5 Oct 2016
    by Michael Carty 5 Oct 2016

    New XpertHR Benchmarking research has found that most employers are happy with the way notice periods work at their organisation, ...

    • Notice periods
    • Payment in lieu of notice (PILON)
    • Garden leave

    Employee notice periods: take part in our survey

    by Michael Carty 25 Jul 2016
    by Michael Carty 25 Jul 2016

    XpertHR is running a short benchmarking survey on employee notice periods, focusing on resignations outside the probationary period.
    Take part...

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    Leave and absence: managing attendance fairly (webinar)

    by Personnel Today 21 Jun 2016
    by Personnel Today 21 Jun 2016

    ON DEMAND | What happens when employees take holiday, fall sick, or have other reasons that affect their attendance?

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    • Restrictive covenants

    Restrictive covenant review as the job market recovers

    by Darren Hayward 1 Oct 2015
    by Darren Hayward 1 Oct 2015

    Employers that have not updated restrictive covenants in their employment contracts should do so as the jobs market improves, and...

    • Employment law
    • Holidays and holiday pay
    • Dismissal

    Notice periods: 10 employers’ questions on UK law

    by Ashok Kanani 23 Sep 2015
    by Ashok Kanani 23 Sep 2015

    What do employers need to know about notice periods on the termination of employment? Ashok Kanani answers the top 10...

    • Tax
    • Notice periods
    • Payment in lieu of notice (PILON)

    How could changes to tax-free termination payments affect employers?

    by Matt Gingell 15 Sep 2015
    by Matt Gingell 15 Sep 2015

    As part of the Summer Budget, the Chancellor announced plans to change the tax treatment of termination payments and the...

    • Garden leave
    • Restrictive covenants

    How employers can protect confidential information

    by Oliver Spratt 29 Apr 2015
    by Oliver Spratt 29 Apr 2015

    Recent statistics have indicated a rise in the number of attempts by employees or former employees to misappropriate an employer’s...

    • Social media
    • Garden leave
    • Restrictive covenants

    Protecting LinkedIn contacts: how to stop departing employees poaching clients

    by Michael Farrelly 7 Jan 2015
    by Michael Farrelly 7 Jan 2015

    The risk of employees using contact lists to poach clients when they leave an organisation is nothing new, but the...

    • Garden leave
    • Restrictive covenants

    Garden leave: the employer’s prerogative

    by Meriel Schindler 16 Dec 2014
    by Meriel Schindler 16 Dec 2014

    Meriel Schindler, head of employment at Withers LLP,  looks at how employers should respond to employee resignations and how to...

    • Garden leave
    • Restrictive covenants

    Key tips for avoiding errors when drafting restrictive covenants

    by Kate Brearley and Kiersten Lucas 29 Aug 2014
    by Kate Brearley and Kiersten Lucas 29 Aug 2014

    Restrictive covenants are one of the key weapons in the fight against unlawful competition by former employees. Drafting enforceable restrictions...

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