Garden leave is a transitional period for employees who give or receive notice of termination, leaving them on the payroll but away from the workplace.
As part of the vacation, employees are prohibited from working for the competition or for themselves.
As a protectionist measure, gardening prevents an employee from sabotaging the work environment and passing confidential information to a competitor.
While on vacation, an employee is often unable to physically enter a corporate office, access confidential documents, or communicate with certain colleagues.
Garden leave is primarily used in the UK, Australia and New Zealand, but was also introduced in Massachusetts in mid-2018.
Force majeure - a clause that is included in contracts to remove liability for unforeseen and inevitable disasters that violate the expected course of events and prevent the participants from fulfilling their obligations.
Bargaining means to negotiate the price of a good or service until a mutually agreed price is determined.
Bargaining is a method in which two or more parties make consecutive offers and counter offers until an agreement is reached.