Originally Posted by
TelBoy
In banking you'd have to have deep pockets to fight a six month gardening leave clause in the courts. And it would damage your reputation if you went that route. Most people i know who've been subjected to it use the time to reduce their golf handicap.
but presumably in the scenario above
the person is getting paid throughout the 6 months gardening leave
a company enforcing that restrictive clause seems reasonable to me
the real issue is whether it is enforcable once the employee is a free agen (ex-employee)
DD's posted link seems to suggest it is, IF the clause is narrow in scope and tightly worded