Companies outside the United States have been using garden leave-type agreements for some time as a way to keep outgoing employees from taking what they know to a competitor or using their knowledge ...

Dan Ashworth will base his arbitration case against Newcastle United on a claim that the club breached his contract by placing him on gardening leave before he officially informed them of his desire ...

Bank of America Corp., which lost a financial adviser with $5.9 billion in client assets to a rival in December, told some workers to sign agreements forcing them to go on reduced-pay "garden leave" ...