“…choose not to participate” (Opt, 2004).
Used in the 2003 New York Times Magazine article “The Opt-Out Revolution” in reference to “educated professional women” who have “scaled down or redefined their roles in the crucial career-building years (25-44)” (Belkin). The women profiled and discussed in this article left prestigious, high-paying jobs, temporarily or permanently, to care for their children at home full time.
Related: Opt-Out Provision An employer benefit plan provision that offers cash, extra benefits or additional credits in return for an employee reducing the level of benefits he or she selects under a flexible benefit/cafeteria-style program or providing extra cash compensation to those employees who choose not to elect any benefit coverage.” (Society for Human Resource Management)