• 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.