what are the rules around garden leave 
garden leave laws will vary across jurisdictions in general most garden leave laws require advanced notice of resignation and last between 30 and 90 days during this time the employee remains on the company s payroll but are generally relieved of most if not all of their duties an employee can often not return to the physical workplace and the employee may be required to communicate with only select co workers during the garden leave period the bottom lineto protect company assets and preserve business interests during an employee departure a company may place an outgoing worker on a garden leave this paid recuse from work often reduces the employee s scope of work prior to their pre planned resignation in addition the employee will face many restrictions on what they can do what they can access and who they communicate with prior to their departure 