I'm on a scheme that's called phased retirement; I had a six-month break from work, after that I could apply for project work with the company I used to work for.

我参加了一个叫做分阶段退休的计划，我可以在6个月的休假后，向之前工作的公司申请项目工作。

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Flexible work arrangements range from compressed workweeks, flex time and phased retirement to job sharing, break arrangements and shift flexibility.

而弹性工作安排主要包括缩减工作时长、支持时间的弹性化、打破常规以及转变形态等。

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It will also mean treating retirement as a phased process rather than a sudden event marked by a sentimental speech and a carriage clock.

它还意味着把退休当作是阶段性的过程，而不是由伤感的演讲和一个旅行闹钟所记录的突然事件。

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Less-formal phased retirement is already pretty common.

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Holding (nyse: WW - news - people ) earlier this year, nearly two-thirds of older workers said they wanted to scale back their hours before retiring completely, and one-third said they would postpone their planned full retirement if their employers offered a phased retirement option.

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