A period of time during which one chooses not to work, typically in order to bring up one's children or pursue other interests.
‘I had taken a three-year career break to bring up my daughter’
‘Mick is a police officer who has taken a career break in order to organise and develop the scheme.’
‘If either of them has the career break or abandons work outside the home altogether when children arrive, it will be her.’
‘Non-economically active women include a large proportion who are voluntarily outside employment, notably mothers looking after children, as well as women taking a career break or carers.’
‘Employees can take a "career break" of up to one year as part of the company's standard human-resources policy, though they do forfeit their benefits.’
‘What he needed was a career break.’
‘Well gap years aren't just for students - a YouGov survey has shown that one in seven adults have taken a career break to travel.’
‘However, whilst bringing up my children I had a 10-year career break.’
‘I have looked on the past three years as a career break, and thought that when our youngest child was in playschool, I would look for work.’
‘Women should be contributing about 15 per cent more to their pensions than their male colleagues, particularly if they have taken a career break of several years to raise children.’
‘People who are on a career break, rearing children or who are unemployed, or those who move from job to job, are also suited to the new products.’
‘Equally surprising was the finding that 88 per cent of respondents were planning to take a career break at some point in their working lives.’
‘Most of them want to travel abroad during their career break.’
‘Service before and after a career break may be added together for the purposes of determining a full year of service.’
‘A career break can be provided for up to five years with the job guaranteed when the employee returns.’
‘Sean is a 50-year-old who has taken a three-year career break and is deciding how to fund the shortfall in service to maximise his pension benefits.’
‘His wife, while on a career break, set up an organic box delivery business modelled on an existing London company.’
‘Alas, the majority of women have problems with saving for retirement, thanks to lower wages, part-time working and maternity and career breaks.’
‘The flip side, of course, is that it will show up any career breaks so you'll need to be prepared to talk about them.’
‘On the whole women earn less (even now), take longer career breaks, retire earlier and live longer than men.’
‘For women, deemed more likely to take career breaks, the minimum saving requirement is likely to be higher still.’
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