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References to clauses are to clauses of this Agreement. Words importing the singular include the plural and vice versa.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"51e69517-d626-4b12-bd63-82483c7a682f","order":18,"text":"A reference to any statute or statutory provision is a reference to it as amended, extended or re-enacted from time to time and includes all subordinate legislation made under it.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"c5346575-5227-4268-aced-ff1d228975af","order":19,"text":"GRANT AND DURATION OF THE CAREER BREAK","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"30a35670-e6ce-464c-8c26-c11b2bb2d25e","order":20,"text":"The Employer grants to the Employee a Career Break of [Total duration of the Career Break], commencing on [Career Break start date] (the \"Commencement Date\").","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"b894e734-90a9-4529-85a9-8ea8d64dce86","order":21,"text":"The Career Break is due to end, and the Employee is due to return to active work, on [Return Date] (the \"Return Date\"). The Employee shall report for work on the Return Date at his or her normal place of work, or at such other location as the Employer may reasonably notify in advance.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"6119cd91-3722-4496-b73a-605859c3a825","order":22,"text":"These dates are agreed and confirmed in writing for the purposes of payroll, handover and operational planning. No variation to the Commencement Date or the Return Date shall be effective unless agreed in writing and signed by both Parties in accordance with the clause headed General (Variation).","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"e4e26036-b16c-45ae-b95d-56a14ddc0417","order":23,"text":"The Employee may request an extension of the Career Break by giving the Employer not less than [Minimum notice (weeks) to request an extension] weeks' written notice before the Return Date. Any extension is entirely at the Employer's discretion and shall only be effective if agreed in writing. The Employer is under no obligation to grant an extension.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"e0c56897-4c59-400c-9f12-f7e612df1655","value":"1","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"fecbed37-9d7e-4ac7-9931-2a5e7d9b95a9","order":24,"text":"The Career Break shall terminate automatically, and the Employee shall be required to return to work, on the Return Date unless the Career Break has previously been brought to an end in accordance with this Agreement.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"3e80e02b-7696-457e-94d2-8f055994d6a8","order":25,"text":"STATUS OF EMPLOYMENT DURING THE CAREER BREAK","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"b2b89114-4037-42bc-ae92-93d5681af17f","order":26,"text":"The Career Break is a period of authorised unpaid leave. During the Career Break the employment relationship continues but is suspended in the respects set out in this Agreement: the Employee remains an employee of the Employer but is not required to attend work or perform any duties, and (subject to the clause headed Remuneration and Benefits) the Employer is not required to provide work or pay.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"f5be7a3c-3478-455a-9a12-9393f94e1fe7","order":27,"text":"The Career Break does not constitute a termination of employment, a redundancy, or a dismissal, and nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as such.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"b8fe71b7-0a4e-4fad-ac0a-5cc76bcb07f1","order":28,"text":"The Employee shall remain bound throughout the Career Break by all continuing obligations under the Employment Contract that are not expressly suspended by this Agreement, including in particular the duties of good faith and fidelity, the obligation to maintain confidentiality, and any obligations relating to intellectual property.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"cf880b2d-70df-46d5-8b21-3c3abbe731b0","order":29,"text":"REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"d4f04151-5c44-4702-bc22-60b42815dfec","order":30,"text":"The Career Break is unpaid. The Employee shall not be entitled to receive salary, wages or any cash remuneration in respect of the period of the Career Break, save for any sums accrued and unpaid as at the Commencement Date, which shall be paid in the normal way.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"433ee0f4-7be4-429a-a643-d538418893e8","order":31,"text":"Pension and auto-enrolment: during the Career Break the Employer's contributions to, and the Employee's participation in, the workplace pension scheme shall be [Pension treatment]. The Parties acknowledge that, as the Career Break is unpaid, the Employee's qualifying earnings may fall below the auto-enrolment threshold and that the Employer's auto-enrolment duties under the Pensions Act 2008 shall be applied accordingly.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"c6ffed23-5bc6-4eb5-8542-68aeec82e3a8","order":32,"text":"Where pension participation is suspended, the Employee may make personal arrangements to maintain pension contributions and should take independent financial advice. The Employer will assess the Employee for re-enrolment, where applicable, on the Return Date.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"97507b78-b31d-4309-bb65-0b1c657e78ea","value":"suspended","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"c2e8ccf5-363b-4698-a307-d8356e29cde1","order":33,"text":"Private medical insurance, permanent health insurance, life assurance and any other insured benefits provided under the Employment Contract shall be suspended for the duration of the Career Break, subject to the rules of the relevant insurer or scheme. The Employer shall use reasonable endeavours to notify the Employee of the date from which cover ceases and the date from which it is reinstated. The Employee acknowledges that the Employer is not liable for any gap in cover during the Career Break and may make personal arrangements at his or her own cost.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"eb8bc046-84ad-4fe2-a35b-d46eeb488d6f","value":"1","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"ff2d72cc-a14d-45c6-8490-dd86e530eefc","order":34,"text":"Save as expressly provided in this Agreement, all other contractual benefits (including any bonus, commission, car allowance or similar benefit) shall be suspended and shall not accrue during the Career Break.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"cc22b4a9-2ba7-480b-abc5-f8ef62d13543","order":35,"text":"ANNUAL LEAVE","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"36705839-fce9-443b-8cd7-9d96960a3278","order":36,"text":"During the Career Break, the Employee's entitlement to paid annual leave [Annual leave accrual treatment].","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"cf53d2b2-7fd8-4ef1-8d8c-e575028f0f3b","order":37,"text":"Where statutory minimum leave continues to accrue, this reflects the position that the statutory entitlement under the Working Time Regulations 1998 continues during periods in which the employment relationship subsists. Such accrued statutory leave shall be taken, or where it cannot reasonably be taken shall be carried over, in accordance with the Working Time Regulations 1998 and the Employer's leave policy.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"05af0c00-537d-4a3f-aa33-9a0ff173ff24","value":"statutory minimum only","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"c2f48e65-3e4f-4422-aa5e-946549ba4efc","order":38,"text":"Any annual leave accrued but untaken as at the Commencement Date shall, unless the Parties agree otherwise in writing, be taken before the Commencement Date or carried over in accordance with the Employer's leave policy, and shall not be paid in lieu.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"6f768784-0fae-4d9f-9310-54e518ff65f0","order":39,"text":"CONTINUITY OF SERVICE","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"a45f3e0a-dd96-410b-a994-72ee5bfc94fe","order":40,"text":"The Parties agree that the Career Break shall not break the Employee's continuity of employment. The period of the Career Break shall count towards the Employee's period of continuous employment for the purposes of statutory rights (including unfair dismissal and statutory redundancy entitlement) and for the purposes of any contractual entitlement that depends on length of service.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"dafb5ba1-f9e9-40b4-b0ed-666459f36caa","value":"bridged","type":"remove","operator":"="}]},{"id":"9403b351-6809-4c1b-a65c-8036feff6b74","order":41,"text":"The Parties agree that, while continuity of employment is preserved for statutory purposes (the employment relationship being maintained throughout), the period of the Career Break itself shall not count towards length of service for the purposes of calculating contractual benefits that accrue by reference to length of service. The Employee's service before and after the Career Break shall be bridged so that, on return, the Employee is treated as continuing the same period of employment, with the duration of the Career Break disregarded for contractual length-of-service benefits only.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"dafb5ba1-f9e9-40b4-b0ed-666459f36caa","value":"preserved (continuous)","type":"remove","operator":"="}]},{"id":"d5ced77c-777a-49ee-b99a-2e3da20bbc6d","order":42,"text":"Nothing in this clause operates to reduce any statutory right that the Employee would otherwise enjoy by reason of the continuity of the employment relationship.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"9b52337c-f6b8-4dd1-80c5-7dda937a85e7","order":43,"text":"RIGHT TO RETURN TO WORK","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"3e4d24ec-6e36-4f9e-a693-6b8a7949a916","order":44,"text":"Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Employer guarantees that on the Return Date the Employee shall return to the same role that he or she held immediately before the Career Break, on the same terms and conditions (subject to any general changes applied to comparable employees during the Career Break).","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"02721bc4-e98f-4e39-b088-bd81d53a9858","value":"the same role","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"b5fc5460-a021-4e19-9d98-e158e3eb6dc9","order":45,"text":"Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Employer shall on the Return Date offer the Employee the same role that he or she held immediately before the Career Break or, where that is not reasonably practicable, a suitable alternative role of broadly equivalent status and remuneration, on terms no less favourable taken as a whole.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"02721bc4-e98f-4e39-b088-bd81d53a9858","value":"the same or a suitable equivalent role","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"aad5b0a8-9017-4cb5-9ead-b568406963d1","order":46,"text":"The Employer shall use reasonable endeavours to ensure that a suitable role is available for the Employee on the Return Date, but does not guarantee that the Employee's previous role, or any particular role, will be available. The Parties acknowledge that the Employer's business needs may change during the Career Break and that any return is subject to the operational requirements of the business at the relevant time.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"02721bc4-e98f-4e39-b088-bd81d53a9858","value":"reasonable endeavours","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"3747b8bd-13cf-4b23-811b-657f7cea1377","order":47,"text":"The Employee shall confirm in writing his or her intention to return not less than four weeks before the Return Date. If the Employee does not intend to return, the Employee shall give notice of resignation in accordance with the Employment Contract, such notice not to expire before the Return Date unless the Employer agrees otherwise.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"1fbeb0b0-8cc2-4bc6-b713-e57f45e33b90","order":48,"text":"The Employee's return to work shall be subject to a review period of three months from the Return Date, during which the Parties shall meet to discuss reintegration, any necessary retraining, and any reasonable adjustments. This review period does not affect the Employee's continuity of employment.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"44c08d12-5d95-4386-be66-232bb7c30d73","value":"1","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"e952c47f-370c-4796-8d56-468094d097a9","order":49,"text":"If, during the Career Break, the Employer implements a reorganisation or redundancy situation that would have affected the Employee had he or she been at work, the Employee shall be treated no less favourably than comparable employees and shall be consulted in the same way, and the Employer shall comply with its statutory obligations in relation to any such situation.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"e7718a00-d745-48a8-b972-30f57322618e","order":50,"text":"KEEPING IN TOUCH AND NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"883a08c4-68f6-41f9-a1d3-b7a076df9b7d","order":51,"text":"The Employee shall keep the Employer informed of any change to his or her contact details during the Career Break and shall provide an address and email at which notices may be served.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"b05c9886-2c0e-42e8-9fa2-1918f2ac8ee3","order":52,"text":"The Parties may agree to remain in reasonable contact during the Career Break. The Employee agrees to make himself or herself reasonably available, on no more than [Number of keep-in-touch occasions] occasions during the Career Break, for the purpose of keeping in touch, attending team or planning meetings, or undertaking training, without bringing the Career Break to an end. Any such contact shall be by agreement and shall not of itself trigger any entitlement to pay unless separately agreed in writing.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"fc6e3453-d862-4ea7-89c3-631d11062820","value":"1","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"9c503220-0cd3-46f1-8f56-c8618232ecf9","order":53,"text":"The Employer shall use reasonable endeavours to keep the Employee informed of significant developments affecting the Employee's role or the business that occur during the Career Break.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"f9485670-c9c7-4a06-8e04-1b954b0ec209","order":54,"text":"CONDUCT DURING THE CAREER 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