In contrast, under typical garden leave provisions, employees must give advance notice of their resignation, typically between 30 and 90 days' notice. If you decide to leave, write a letter stating your last day of service pointing out that you may have un taken holiday leave.Most employers will accept a resignation and ask that the employee leave immediately, and will provide two weeks final pay anyway. We are very sorry that you have decided to resign. See our Toolkit for an 'early release from notice' letter. Alternatively, you could place the employee on garden leave. He encouraged everyone to get out there and do some shopping to fill up their cards. ("Green Line") as zoning and permitting counsel.