{"id":2112,"date":"2022-01-25T05:16:02","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T05:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uk.legalvision.com.au\/?p=2112"},"modified":"2022-06-07T07:20:09","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T06:20:09","slug":"gardening-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legalvision.co.uk\/employment\/gardening-leave\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Gardening Leave in England and Wales?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As an employer, you will naturally want to protect your business and its interests. Whilst your staff typically assist you in doing this, there may be times when you feel that your employees could threaten your business interests. This could be when they leave their employment with you and decide to <a href=\"https:\/\/legalvision.co.uk\/employment\/how-does-a-non-compete-clause-work-in-england-and-wales\/\">work for a competitor<\/a> or themselves. When this occurs, you may be able to place your employees on gardening leave to protect your business. However, if you do this, you must be aware that there are rules which you should note.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This article will explain gardening leave and why you might require your employees to take it. It will also explain the associated rules for both you and your employees.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What Does Gardening Leave Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gardening leave is a form of a <a href=\"https:\/\/legalvision.co.uk\/employment\/restraint-of-trade-clause\/\">restrictive covenant<\/a> within an employment contract. It is a clause that seeks to restrict your employees\u2019 actions when they leave your business. Likewise, it is common to offer gardening leave to senior employees.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are times when you may give your employees notice to <a href=\"https:\/\/legalvision.co.uk\/employment\/end-employment-contract\/\">terminate their employment contract<\/a>. Likewise, during their notice period, you might ask them to not work for you at all, or to do any of the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">not come to their regular place of work;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">carry out limited duties;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to work from home; or<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">work from a different location.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"box box--icon box--info\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You may set these requirements for all or part of your employee\u2019s notice period. When this occurs, it is termed \u2018gardening leave\u2019 or \u2018garden leave\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gardening leave can vary in length as it is dependent on the notice period you require your employees to give. Importantly, the employment contract should specify these details. However, suppose the notice period for your employee is six months or longer, and you request they take the whole period as gardening leave. In that case, a court could decide that this is unreasonable to protect your business interests.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Might an Employer Offer Gardening Leave?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You may choose to offer garden leave to your employee where you need to, and your employee\u2019s employment contract states that you can do so.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, you might offer garden leave where you want to keep <a href=\"https:\/\/legalvision.co.uk\/employment\/workplace-confidentiality\/\">confidential or sensitive information<\/a> away from your employee to prevent them from using it in their next job. Garden leave allows you to control your employee from accessing your property, such as:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the actual place of work;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">your workplace systems; or\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">any intellectual or tangible property.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The employee\u2019s employment contract would generally state what the employee can and cannot do.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"box box--icon box--info\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The term \u2018gardening\u2019 comes from the fact that, during their notice period, your employee is not allowed to work for another competitor business and possibly is not working at all. 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You can ask them to take it where your employee resigns or where you choose to dismiss them, including through redundancy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, gardening leave will typically:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">begin on the day your employee hands in their notice;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">allow you to request that your employee finish off their current activity or produce a document for handover, but otherwise, they do not carry out any employment activities;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">prevent the employee from being able to contact your clients and colleagues;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">place your employee on standby if you find you need their help during working hours; and\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">prevent them from working in a new job before the notice period ends.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite your employee not necessarily working during garden leave, they are still employed by you. So, they will still have to abide by the terms of their employment contract, such as non-competition terms.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, as they remain your employee, they may also enjoy some employment rights. When your employee is on garden leave, they should enjoy the same pay and contractual rights as they usually do. For example, they still have entitlements to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">any private health insurance they typically receive;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">accrue holiday, where whatever is outstanding can be paid when they leave. Alternatively, you can ask them to take it during gardening leave, provided you give them enough notice to book it and it is not longer than the notice period; and<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gain or accrue a bonus depending on the terms of their employment contract.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Key Takeaways<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gardening leave is a type of leave that you may require your employees to take during their notice period for leaving your employment. It can help protect your business interests if they decide to work for a competitor business or themselves. You may decide that your employee cannot work at all and should not access any of your business property, such as your computer system. Alternatively, you may decide that your employee simply needs to work from a different location. Regardless of what you decide, there are rules associated with gardening leave which you should be aware of before requesting it. For example, you can only request it if your employee\u2019s employment contract allows for it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you need help understanding gardening leave in England and Wales, our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/legalvision.co.uk\/employment-lawyers-lp\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">experienced employment lawyers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can assist as part of our LegalVision membership. For a low monthly fee, you will have unlimited access to lawyers to answer your questions and draft and review your documents for a low monthly fee. Call us today on <a href=\"tel:+448081968584\" class=\"AVANSERnumber dynamic-number\">0808 196 8584<\/a> or visit our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/legalvision.co.uk\/membership\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">membership page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"schema-faq wp-block-yoast-faq-block\"><div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1643087439765\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\"><strong>What is gardening leave?<\/strong><\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">Gardening leave is when you require your employee to take their notice period away from their average place of work. This could mean they do not work for your business, are on call to work during working hours should you request it, or work from a different location.\u00a0<\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1643087451667\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\"><strong>Does an employee still have rights whilst on gardening leave?<\/strong><\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">An employee still has rights whilst on gardening leave as you still employ them. 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