HR FAQs
I’d like to apply for a Career Break, do I qualify and how do I go about it?
1. All employees, except Teachers.
You must have a minimum of 2 years continuous service with Orkney Islands Council in your post.
May request a career break of 3 months up to a maximum of 2 years.
Below 3 months, this would normally be managed as unpaid leave.
Where you have previously had a career break with the Council you must have had a further period of 2 years’ service before you can request another.
You may have a maximum of 2 career breaks in your employment with the Council.
You will normally return to the post you left, unless when granting approval of the career break it is agreed that you will return to a comparable post.
In exceptional circumstances a career break may be ended early through provision of 8 weeks’ notice by either the employee of the Council.
You should complete and submit a career break application no later than 3 months before the anticipated start of the career break.
2. SNCT (Teachers and other Educational Professionals)
Details are available in the SNCT Handbook, this can be accessed via the following link:
