encouragement to retire early; retirement stimulus
Refers to a company's practice of encouraging employees to take early retirement, often through incentives or pressure. Common in business and HR contexts.
The company paid an enhanced retirement allowance to employees who accepted the early retirement encouragement.
Encouragement to retire early is sometimes used as a means of restructuring.
早期退職 refers to early retirement itself, while 退職勧奨 is the act of encouraging it.
リストラ is a broader term for corporate restructuring, which may include 退職勧奨 as one method.
Compound of 退職 (taishoku, 'retirement') and 勧奨 (kanshō, 'encouragement').