| "Gardening Leave" - what exactly does this mean ?? 23:38 - May 4 with 3168 views | numptydumpty |
I have looked on google and used AI too, just to see what exactly this means for an employee and employer under this imposed condition
From all I can see this can only be imposed on an employee for the term of their notice period.
So if Cifuentes had a three month notice period stipulated in his most recent contract, he can't seek out any alternative work during this period and also cannot work for another employer during this period also.
Mad in respect to any professional football manager to have notice period in their contract anyhow ie if another club wants them and pays them more money, they leave.
However from what I have read, if they do break the terms of their contract or a new prospective employer poaches them during this period, compensation would be legally required.
Ok
So this then seems like it may save the club some money but what it does do is stop Marti from seeking a new club and any new clubs from appointing him also. I guess his notice period as listed on the contract could even be three months.
Football is unlike any other profession and the notice period is in there for contract purposes and protecting the club. In reality who in football works out their notice.
What I would say though what managers could we attract if coming in, they are aware this could be included in their contract.
Who would want to join us, if they knew that if a big club came in for them , because they had done extremely well for us, that club could not then sign our manager for a lengthy period of time. Hardly going to allow any future half decent managers coming to our club..
Also, tbh also in this case it's a kick in the teeth for Cifuentes. He has done a half decent job for us and this kind of decision keeping him, unable to work or seek alternatives, is not great for anyone.
Does anyone on here have extensive knowledge or personal experience of GARDENING LEAVE ??
I am assuming Nourry has put this contract obligation in Marti s and Xavi s contracts when they were renewed.
So when any kind of contact from an interested club was started, they have immediately put the manager in this predicament
Probably West Brom would have appointed Marti, but can't now due to QPR invoking this.
So yeah, as said what future managers are we likely to put off joining ourselves if the likelihood is, they could be put in this situation in the future.
Would be stunned if when Marti re signed new deal, he did not have a contract employment expert, to read all the small print and this clause for me is a massive RED flag !!!
Whatever it is though, I think it totally reeks of idiotic bureaucracy and helps no one...
Football is unlike any other profession, players and managers constantly change.
The fact Cifuentes was fifth longest serving manager in Championship out of twenty four, despite only being here for eighteen months, says it all, to be fair about how Normal rules of employment are not the same as any other profession.
I haven't heard of any other football club invoking Gardening leave in recent years and in fact the last professional football club bringing this in, i knew of , doing this was, yes indeedy, good old QPR with Monsieur Ian Holloway !!
Crackpot bureaucracy by a crackpot club and i support this club and am saying this
Since we had the shambles of a reign under the Briatore / Ecclestone era and equally shambolic under the Fernandes reign, fricking heck, we have learnt nothing.
Only at Rangers !!!
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| "Gardening Leave" - what exactly does this mean ?? on 15:08 - May 6 with 260 views | hantssi |
| "Gardening Leave" - what exactly does this mean ?? on 10:24 - May 5 by baz_qpr |
Our resident QC explained this well in the long thread. Basically the Gardening leave will be a clause in the contract. By invoking it means that any Championship club will have to pay compensation. (if they sack him they have to pay him off anyway). However if he goes to another league the compensation will be negligible as there is little damage to the club, so if he got a role in France for example we would get next to nothing. |
Baz, not meaning to sound pedantic but it’s KC now!
It was pointed out to me recently.
Anyway, agreeing with you our resident legal expert set it out in layman’s terms on the other thread. |  | | |
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