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.
KPMG partners leave firm after WhatsApp probe
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.
How to deal with the risks of departing employees with a grudge
Employees who are leaving under a cloud can cause problems, demonstrated recently when a Twitter employee hid President Trump’s account...
Employee notice periods: Getting the balance right
New XpertHR Benchmarking research has found that most employers are happy with the way notice periods work at their organisation, ...
Employee notice periods: take part in our survey
XpertHR is running a short benchmarking survey on employee notice periods, focusing on resignations outside the probationary period.
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Leave and absence: managing attendance fairly (webinar)
ON DEMAND | What happens when employees take holiday, fall sick, or have other reasons that affect their attendance?
Restrictive covenant review as the job market recovers
Employers that have not updated restrictive covenants in their employment contracts should do so as the jobs market improves, and...
Notice periods: 10 employers’ questions on UK law
What do employers need to know about notice periods on the termination of employment? Ashok Kanani answers the top 10...
How could changes to tax-free termination payments affect employers?
As part of the Summer Budget, the Chancellor announced plans to change the tax treatment of termination payments and the...
How employers can protect confidential information
Recent statistics have indicated a rise in the number of attempts by employees or former employees to misappropriate an employer’s...
Protecting LinkedIn contacts: how to stop departing employees poaching clients
The risk of employees using contact lists to poach clients when they leave an organisation is nothing new, but the...
Garden leave: the employer’s prerogative
Meriel Schindler, head of employment at Withers LLP, looks at how employers should respond to employee resignations and how to...
Key tips for avoiding errors when drafting restrictive covenants
Restrictive covenants are one of the key weapons in the fight against unlawful competition by former employees. Drafting enforceable restrictions...
Is garden leave overrated?
Charles Wynn-Evans questions whether garden leave is all it is cracked up to be or if there are hidden pitfalls...
Weekly dilemma: Garden leave
Our HR director resigned a few weeks back and is completing three months’ garden leave. Her LinkedIn profile now claims...
Legal opinion: Taking a proactive stance on competitor poaching
As the economy recovers, competition for skilled employees increases. In order to grow the business, many companies aim to recruit...
