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(UK) Competitor’s garden leave question

Apologies if this isn't the right place but a colleague has left the business for a competitor and was put on garden leave rather than working through his notice period. This got me thinking…. can anyone hand in their notice and claim they're going to a competitor to force the company into a long paid holiday? (UK will pay salary during garden leave). Are there legal ramifications if you're later found to be lying? I.e is this fraud of some description? Disclaimer: Absolutely (not) considering doing this myself


Apologies if this isn't the right place but a colleague has left the business for a competitor and was put on garden leave rather than working through his notice period.

This got me thinking…. can anyone hand in their notice and claim they're going to a competitor to force the company into a long paid holiday? (UK will pay salary during garden leave).

Are there legal ramifications if you're later found to be lying? I.e is this fraud of some description?

Disclaimer: Absolutely (not) considering doing this myself

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