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I read an article recently from BNA that outlined the basics and advantages of placing employees – I assume high-quality executives and/or older workers, in most cases – on what’s called “garden leave.”
According to the article, “garden leave” is a transitional period of several weeks or months “during which a terminating employee is paid to remain at home and out of work (tending to the garden), but to be ‘on call’ to his or her former employer for as-needed transitional services.”
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