gardening leave

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gardening leave

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garden leave

n
(Industrial Relations & HR Terms) informal Brit a period during which an employee who is about to leave a company continues to receive a salary but does not work
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Zahid recently announced that he has returned to his duties as Umno president after taking garden leave in December last year following pressure from grassroots members and even from the party own supreme council members after several Umno lawmakers had defected to PH.
After a three-month garden leave, she will start with the Spanish bank as a senior vice president in loan syndications.
Can you be put on garden leave by your employer if you give notice?
McCoist was placed on garden leave by the previous regime after triggering a 12-month notice period with his resignation.
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) has denied that it had implemented a garden leave policy for advisors in its US Trust business.
Just over 24 hours after Mr Hoffman announced his departure, the bank released the following statement: "Northern Rock confirms that Gary Hoffman has voluntarily waived his contractual right to be paid salary, pension and benefits for the period of his garden leave."
THE Chester City caretaker manager Simon Davies flexed his managerial muscles last night, when he placed defender Simon Marples on "garden leave".
The SP can today reveal that the United boss would have to serve two years of 'garden leave' if he ever quit Old Trafford - a move that would effectively finish his management career.
Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said today that the Opposition leader's post will be retained by Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri, following the former's return from his garden leave yesterday.
He is now on garden leave. He had joined as Asia-Pacific head of TM from Deutsche Bank (NYSE: DB) in April 2010.
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