介かい護ご離り職しょく

noun

leaving a job to care for a family member; caregiving-related resignation

Refers to quitting work to look after an elderly, ill, or disabled relative. Often discussed in the context of Japan's aging society and work-life balance.

• 介かい護ご離り職しょくを防ふせぐために、企き業ぎょうは柔じゅう軟なんな働はたらき方かたを導どう入にゅうし始はじめた。

  To prevent caregiving-related resignations, companies have started introducing flexible work arrangements.

• 彼かの女じょは母はは親おやの認にん知ち症しょうが進すすんだため、介かい護ご離り職しょくを余よ儀ぎなくされた。

  She was forced to leave her job to care for her mother as her dementia progressed.