is often required to work little to no hours in exchange for ongoing compensation
may still pursue but not start other job opportunities while on garden leavemay still be entitled to bonuses and commission while on garden leavefaces restrictions on what they can do for a specific amount of timemay not find personal satisfaction for technically not earning their paycheckmay stagnate career development if put on a lengthy 90 day garden leavemay be seen as negative should the employee be getting let go or terminated against their will garden leave in the u s massachusetts passed the garden clause provision into law in mid 2018 making it the first state in the united states to give workers paid leave after leaving a job according to the associated press the new law states employees are entitled to at least 50 of their base salary during the garden leave 1in 2021 illniois passed the illinois freedom to work act ifwa though the ifwa never mentions the phrase garden leave it does restrict illinois employers regarding their ability to bind employees to non compete and non solicitation agreements 2 in turn this legislature would impact the limitations that can be placed on an employee while on garden leave additionally in april 2024 the ftc banned the use of non competes 3though present in new york financial industries garden law is still explicitly prohibited in many cases for example the new york rules of professional conduct published by the new york state bar association outlaws garden leaves this rule prevents an agreement that prohibits a departed lawyer from practicing law for any given period of time following his or her withdrawal from the firm 4example of garden leavethe securities and exchange commission sec publicly posted exhibit 10 3 related to the separation agreement between uniquire inc and its former chief operating officer in august 2019 it decided to part ways with its employee 5 in the cited agreement the separation letter called for several items including 