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absenteeism
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absenteeism
[ab′səntē′izəm]
(for health or related reasons) absence from work. Absenteeism varies according to job assignments, with professional and managerial personnel taking average annual sick leave of 4 days, whereas unskilled workers claim an average of 18 days of sick leave during the year. Surveys also indicate that less than 10% of workers account for nearly 50% of all absenteeism. The most common causes of absenteeism include influenza and occupationally related skin diseases.


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But I'm bracing myself for another episode of the "mum jitters", when that sicky nauseous feeling gets the better of me as I see my little girl standing ready to perform.
Then by'nd by a little Sicky, Sicky; then very few little things like Small-Pox, and nobody dy of it; and nobody have Small-Pox any more.
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