You may be given notice by your employer and be told to stay away from work during your notice period. This is called 'garden leave' and is often used to stop employees working for competitors for a period of time.
It's helpful to your employer because an employee in that situation is still covered by any contractual duties (eg a duty of confidentiality) until the end of the notice period. You can be brought back to work if needed. During gardening leave you are entitled to your normal pay and any company benefits.
Feet up, cold beer and a good book, and still get paid by the old employer for a set amount of time, until you can start the new job :beer: ....
Like a cooling off period so you don't poach the old companies clients etc..
I think.. could be wrong I normally am :lol2:
....and can also refer to being on paid suspension, while you are being investigated. Where being at work may give you an opportunity to cover up.
In the civil service it is called 'gardenning leave'
It's the posh term for when middle and upper managers get suspended, they usually get side promoted upon their return, for the incompetence that got them suspended in the first place.
I just took it as paid leave, where you are contractually still obliged to the company but not able to work.
Also including not being able to do much else.. like get a temporary job for your contracted working hours.
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