presenteeism
There are several reasons underlying employee absenteeism.
Absenteeism due to stress is increasing.
If we can reduce absenteeism, that's going to help the kids get better grades.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Absent
absence
absent
absent without leave
absentee
anywhere
AWOL
gap
go AWOLidiom
in absentia
in someone's absence
in the absence of someone/something
missing person
negative
no-show
non-attendance
non-attender
not anywhere to be foundidiom
tease
unaccounted for
unrepresented

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Time off
Not going to school

absenteeism | Business English

absenteeism
noun[ U ]
uk /ˌæbsənˈtiːɪzəm/us
HR
the fact of staying away from work, especially without a good reason:
The high levels of absenteeism at the company were caused by poor management.
work/staff absenteeismStudies show that staff absenteeism is higher on certain days of the week.

Examples of absenteeism

absenteeism
However, they also found that treatment significantly reduced the absenteeism rate of students in nonparticipating schools.
For instance, the management's move to regulate absenteeism had on some occasions serious repercussions.
Those who were still attending physiotherapy after returning to work incurred further costs to society of which we added to the cost of absenteeism.
Reasons included boredom or unwillingness to participate on the part of the child, or absenteeism on one or more days of testing.
A norovirus outbreak associated with wedding cake of food preparation, hygienic practices, and employee health and absenteeism.
One important hallmark of this tendency was the decision in 1951 to decriminalize absenteeism.
Interestingly, much of what we know about the effects on absenteeism and productivity comes from studies of employees, rather than employers.
We were unable to obtain ratings from one classroom of 23 children due to the illness and resulting absenteeism of the teacher.
Day-to-day problems of attendance, punctuality and absenteeism are also treated to collective solutions.
Other arsenals instituted both carrot and stick measures to curb absenteeism, a frequent corollary of labor mobility.
Students complain about absenteeism of their professors and the lack of mentoring during their studies.
The rampant absenteeism of veteran regidores was another sign of crisis.
Reducing sickness absenteeism is now in the employer's interest.
Most deputies reported that work in the technical commissions proceeds in a constructive and thoughtful manner, although there is a high degree of absenteeism.
These included accusations of high and increasing rents and absenteeism, which were thought to contribute to the poor state of agriculture in the region.
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