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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Garden leave – employment law
Garden leave or gardening leave is a period whereby an employee continues to receive their normal salary despite having been given notice of dismissal and being ordered to serve out a period of notice at home – or “in the garden”.
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Redundant Employee v McNally (Inspector of Taxes), High Court, 23 March 2005
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Garden leave
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Staff who come in from the cold
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