leaveism

noun

Etymology

From the noun leave (“permission to be absent”) + -ism, coined in 2013 by Dr Ian Hesketh when researching wellbeing of UK police workers.

Definitions

  1. The practice of employees using flexitime and other leave entitlement schemes to take…

    The practice of employees using flexitime and other leave entitlement schemes to take time off when they are in fact too unwell to go to work.

  2. The practice of employees taking work away to complete outside of paid hours, e.g. at…

    The practice of employees taking work away to complete outside of paid hours, e.g. at home or on holiday.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA