gardening leavenoun [ U ]
uk/ˈɡɑː.dən.ɪŋ ˌliːv/us/ˈɡɑːr.dən.ɪŋ ˌliːv/UKa period of time after an employee leaves a job when they continue to be paid but are not allowed to go to work or to begin a new job:
He is currently on gardening leave and may not take up his new post until May.
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Time off
- absentee
- Boxing Day
- break
- career break
- comp time
- compassionate leave
- holiday
- legal holiday
- parental leave
- paternity leave
- public holiday
- R and R
- recess
- retreat
- skive
- take sth off
- tea break
- time off in lieu
- toil
- weekend
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