http://www.personneltoday.com/garden leave, gardening leave, payments in lieu of notice, pilon, pilons, retention, resignation, competition, poaching staffen-gbTue, 24 Feb 2009 15:26:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2009/02/24/49532/royal-mail-hr-director-was-made-redundant-in-january.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2009/02/24/49532/royal-mail-hr-director-was-made-redundant-in-january.html A Royal Mail group HR director has been made redundant, just as parliament is set to debate the possible part-privitisation of the postal company, Personnel Today has learned. Stephen Windsor-Lewis, former directorTue, 24 Feb 2009 15:26:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/09/24/42530/garden-leave-employment-law.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/09/24/42530/garden-leave-employment-law.htmlGarden leave or gardening leave is a period whereby an employee continues to receive their normal salary despite having been given notice of dismissal and being ordered to serve out a period of notice at home – or “in the garden”.Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:35:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/09/10/47460/tarique-ghaffur-accuses-met-police-of-victimisation.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/09/10/47460/tarique-ghaffur-accuses-met-police-of-victimisation.html Tarique Ghaffur has claimed he is being victimised fWed, 10 Sep 2008 10:23:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/07/16/46749/garden-leave-right-to-work-undermined-by-behaviour.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2008/07/16/46749/garden-leave-right-to-work-undermined-by-behaviour.htmlSG&R Valuation Service Co v Boudrais & Others Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:18:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2006/05/09/35248/trade-secrets-fighting-the-enemy-within.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2006/05/09/35248/trade-secrets-fighting-the-enemy-within.htmlEmployee fraud has doubled in two years, and today's technology means corporate information is more susceptible than ever. Our experts show how HR can help to prevent company property from falling into the wrong hands. Tue, 09 May 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2005/07/03/31818/footballers-lives.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2005/07/03/31818/footballers-lives.htmlThe Ashley Cole 'tapping up' case with Chelsea has raised some important employment law issues regarding what employees can and can't do when they want to leave. By Christopher Braganza Sun, 03 Jul 2005 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2000/11/07/3610/garden-leave.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2000/11/07/3610/garden-leave.html The power to put a senior executive or a highly skilled employee on garden leave is often exercised by employers when such an employee resigns or is dismissed. Not only does it prevent the employee from immediately competTue, 07 Nov 2000 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2000/09/05/2579/clauses-that-can-keep-business-from-rivals.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2000/09/05/2579/clauses-that-can-keep-business-from-rivals.htmlBe armed with contractual provisions in order to protect business interests when losing employees to competitors Putting the right provisions in employment contracts can protect an employer's interests when departing staff poach their buTue, 05 Sep 2000 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2000/04/18/1512/truth-behind-dismissal-with-immediate-effect.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2000/04/18/1512/truth-behind-dismissal-with-immediate-effect.html Employers must word contracts carefully to allow them to sack staff instantly for failing to meet set standards What is the meaning of the words “dismiss with immediate effect”? Can an employer dismiss an employee Tue, 18 Apr 2000 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2000/04/01/7083/staff-who-come-in-from-the-cold.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2000/04/01/7083/staff-who-come-in-from-the-cold.htmlRecruiting teams from rivals is often the only realistic way of resourcing fast-growing operations. But there are many practical factors to consider, warns Sam WhitakerSat, 01 Apr 2000 00:00:00 GMT