Garden leave

New and updated

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  Employment law guide

  Common contract terms

  Updated to reflect that the Government has published its response to its consultation on post-termination non-compete clauses.

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  Tasks

  Include a garden leave clause in an employment contract

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  Tasks

  Place an employee who has resigned on garden leave

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  FAQs

  What is garden leave?

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  FAQs

  What can the employer do where a departing employee breaches a garden leave clause?

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  Contract clauses

  Garden leave contract clause

  A model contract clause setting out terms relating to garden leave.

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  Letters and forms

  Letter responding to employee's resignation requiring period of garden leave

  A model letter to inform an employee who has resigned that they are to be placed on garden leave throughout the notice period.

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  Letters and forms

  Letter informing competitor of contractual obligations of employee on garden leave

  A model letter informing a competitor of the contractual obligations of an employee on garden leave.

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  How to

  How to manage garden leave

  Practical guidance on managing garden leave during an employee's notice period; including when contractual garden leave clauses are enforceable.

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  FAQs

  Where an employee is put on garden leave, is the employer entitled to ask the employee to return their company car and mobile phone?