Leave+of+absence
91parental leave — A period of unpaid leave available to a parent who has completed one year s employment, to care for a child under the age of five (or a disabled child under the age of 18). Eligible employees can take up to 13 weeks parental leave for each child; …
92paternity leave — Period of absence from work on the birth or adoption of a child, taken by the child s father, the mother s partner, or other adoptive parent. This may be statutory paternity leave and/or other leave granted by the employer, either contractually… …
93unauthorized absence — noun unauthorized military absence • Syn: ↑absence without leave • Topics: ↑military, ↑armed forces, ↑armed services, ↑military machine, ↑war machine • Hypernyms: ↑ …
94To leave one out in the cold — Cold Cold, n. 1. The relative absence of heat or warmth. [1913 Webster] 2. The sensation produced by the escape of heat; chilliness or chillness. [1913 Webster] When she saw her lord prepared to part, A deadly cold ran shivering to her heart.… …
95sabbatical leave — n. a year or shorter period of absence for study, rest, or travel, given at intervals (orig. every seven years) as to some college teachers and now to people in other fields, at full or partial salary * * * …
96sick leave — n 1) an absence from work permitted because of illness 2) the number of days per year for which an employer agrees to pay employees who are sick …
97French leave — unauthorized absence Originally of a soldier, implying a propensity in French soldiers for desertion. Some civilian and figurative use: We could still, if we wished, take French leave of Vietnam. (M. McCarthy, 1967) …
98sabbatical leave — n. a year or shorter period of absence for study, rest, or travel, given at intervals (orig. every seven years) as to some college teachers and now to people in other fields, at full or partial salary …
99sick leave — noun Date: 1820 1. an absence from work permitted because of illness 2. the number of days per year for which an employer agrees to pay employees who are sick …
100sick leave — noun Paid absence from work specifically to recover from illness …
