Garden leave

jimpwarsop

sultan123 said:

jimpwarsop said:

sultan123 said:

It would be resignation going to a competitor

So your employer would rather pay you than have you work your notice?

I wouldnt rock that particular boat.

Your friends are just nosey, keep mum until you start your new job.

What do you mean

I mean you are being paid to sit on your backside, keep taking the free money and tell your "friends" that you have resigned and you dont want, for the time being, to give any more details.

Or just stop answering their calls.

400ixl

jimpwarsop said:

sultan123 said:

It would be resignation going to a competitor

So your employer would rather pay you than have you work your notice?

I wouldnt rock that particular boat.

Your friends are just nosey, keep mum until you start your new job.

Not that uncommon in some roles. Especially sales, they don't want you to know the latest information to take to the competitor and don't want you jumping across immediately. So they place you on garden leave for your notice period.

Undervalued

sultan123 said:

What are the rules of garden leave. If someone from your workplace rings you after worktime when one is on garden leave, is that allowed.

Does the company have to give strict instructions in writing as to what you can and can't do when on garden leave.

They are whatever the employer says they are!

Your are 100% still an employee, you can be called back in to work at a moments notice and you can be emailed or phoned during working hours. 

There is no more (or less) obligation to answer a call outside of working hours then there would have been were you still working normally.

TELLIT01

Within IT and/ or financial environments it's quite common for staff to be put on gardening leave if they hand in their notice.  It's done supposedly to protect their systems, but does clearly defeat the reason for having extended notice periods.

You can talk to whoever you want to in your own time.  If asked about garden leave I would simply say it's because you have handed in your notice.

Doshwaster

The last time I was in gardening leave I had a quick call from the office once a week to make sure everything was ok but otherwise I was left alone. You aren't supposed to go away on holiday but they can't do much to stop you as long as you keep it quiet - don't go posting your holiday pics on Facebook for your colleagues to see.

happyc84

Depends on the terms of Garden leave; I look on it as being in the departure lounge at the airport.
with duty free if your lucky.

Wyndham

Not quite relevant, so I apologise for the diversion, but

... is it Garden leave or Gardening leave? Surely one implies sitting in a deckchair in the sun with a glass of wine in your hand having a good time while the other implies backbreaking hard work with a spade!

Marcon

Plenty of info on what you should or shouldn't do on garden leave e.g. https://www.klglaw.co.uk/garden-leave/

But as others have said, depends on individual circumstances.