In 2010 after internal problems with the new owners he was sent on paid leave and wouldn't return to the club.

This was a case of an employee being sent home on paid leave during his notice.

For every man that comes back you can send one on leave.

I'll make sure the Service sends you on extended leave.

He was sent on leave of absence and transferred to the military reserve force.

The doctor has been sent on leave from her post as an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard.

In almost every other walk of life this would mean the person investigated would be sent on paid leave.

Then they're sent on leave for a month, returning if they wish.

When it happened they sent him home, on compassionate leave.

In response, the ship's captain sent the entire complement on leave for the weekend.