0 a period of time when you choose not to have a job, for example because you want to travel or take care of your children:
1 a period of time when you choose not to have a job, for example, because you want to travel or look after your children:
To call caring a 'career break' is to show ignorance of what carers do and the value of what they do.
It is equally important to create a proper status for women who wish to return to work after taking a career break.
She has had a career break and may not be able to get on any rung of a working ladder.
So, if an employer thinks that it makes economic sense to introduce career break arrangements, that is fine.
During this time, employees keep in touch, undertake refresher courses and are able to re-enter employment at the end of the career break.
A career break system allows individuals to take up to five years' unpaid special leave.
The worst effect is on those taking a career break, for example to start a family.
Some teachers who left service will return after a career break.
