"What happens in reality, however, for mums returning to part-time roles is that they often work beyond agreed hours, checking emails in the evening and fielding calls out of hours, so managing personal boundaries around family and work can be challenging.
Although age discrimination remains a serious barrier for older Americans, retirement increasingly signals a transition from a career into either: phased retirement with the same employer; returning to part-time work with that employer; shifting to bridge jobs (including self-employment and gig economy work) or some other part-time, flexible employment.
Even though Ms Jenkins subsequently returned to part-time work, she has had payouts from the policy for more than 13 years – and they will continue until she reaches retirement age in June.
When the fact that many mothers return to part-time work or do not earn enough to pay income tax or national insurance is taken into account, the net gain from an additional mother returning to work would be £4,860.
What worked for me was to take 10 months out to care for Joni full time, and to then return to part-time freelance journalism work, while setting up my website.
Released by the club, he returned to part-time football with Halifax Town, Guiseley and Witton Albion, before a second spell at Halifax saw him help the club regain their Football League status.
Five of the participants had returned to part-time work at the conclusion of the study.
In other cases, the parent leaving their job was temporary: parents who were students or self-employed at the time of the diagnosis sometimes returned to part-time professional activities.
Of these, some returned to part-time work or found less interesting and satisfying jobs lacking prospects of promotion because it was all they could cope with, and reported the consequence of financial disadvantage.
"The evidence is mixed on the financial returns to part-time study," said Claire Callender, a professor of higher education at the Birkbeck and UCL Institute of Education in London.
Return to part-time sick leave is possible in a situation when the health problem relapses within one month after the employee has returned to regular work.
