As an employment law specialist, Laura has significant experience in assisting employers and employees on the full range of legal issues that may arise during the employment relationship.
As well as providing advice on day-to-day issues such as employment contracts, managing grievance and disciplinary issues, workplace leave, restrictive covenants and reorganisations, Laura also has strong experience in advising on redundancy, transfer of undertaking situations, and contentious employment disputes before the Workplace Relations Commission and the Irish Courts.
Complimentary to her employment practice, Laura has extensive practical experience of professional discipline and regulation in relation to a range of areas including accountants (such as ACCA, CPA and ICAI), sporting associations and people (including dispute resolution and anti-doping rule violations) and health professionals. Laura also advises on Child Protection issues and data protection compliance from an employment perspective.
Garden Leave refers to a clause in a contract of employment which allows an employer to require an employee not to attend work or to only carry out limited tasks during the period of garden leave. In this article Laura Graham, Partner in the Commercial and Employment Law Department at Reddy Charlton Solicitors, answers some of the key questions involved in introducing and using Garden Leave clauses.
What is a Garden Leave Clause? ⚓︎
Garden Leave refers to a clause in a contract of employment which allows an employer to require an employee not to attend work or to only carry out limited tasks during the period of garden leave.
Generally, the employee continues to be paid during a period
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