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What does Garden Leave mean?

A period during which an employee who has resigned or been given notice stays away from work but remains on the payroll.

Garden Leave in a sentence
After resigning, the executive was placed on garden leave for three months to prevent him from taking sensitive information to a competitor.

Garden Leave in German, French, Spanish and Italian

German
Freistellung
also Garden Leave

Bezahlte Freistellung, oft um Mitbewerbervorteile zu verhindern.

French
Dispense de travail
also Préavis non presté payé

Période de préavis payée durant laquelle le salarié ne vient plus travailler.

Spanish
Licencia de jardín
also Baja incentivada

Situación de inactividad remunerada antes de abandonar la empresa.

Italian
Congedo retribuito

Periodo di sospensione dal lavoro con mantenimento dello stipendio.

Common phrases with Garden Leave

  • placed on garden leave
  • three months garden leave
  • prevent sensitive information garden leave

Synonyms and opposites for Garden Leave

  • Synonym Leave with pay

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