"velvet handcuffs" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2000, Jack A. Green, Contact: a Guide to Developing Effective Call Centre Skills",
          "text": "If turnover is low, is this for good reasons or because staff have no other opportunities or are trapped by \"velvet handcuffs\" — are dissatisfied and would like to leave, but the money is too good.",
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          "ref": "2004 March 13, Billboard, volume 116, number 11, page 11",
          "text": "Inevitably, it turns out, singing other people's songs or having to collaborate with one's bandmates can sometimes feel like a prison sentence, albeit one with velvet handcuffs and minimum security.",
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          "ref": "2011, Christopher Shulgan, The Soviet Ambassador: The Making of the Radical Behind Perestroika",
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        "Golden handcuffs: any arrangement designed to provide favorable benefits or pay so as to discourage a participant from choosing to leave it."
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        "(idiomatic) Golden handcuffs: any arrangement designed to provide favorable benefits or pay so as to discourage a participant from choosing to leave it."
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