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• n  habitual absence from work

• Maryland has had heavy absenteeism in schools and colleges; more than 300 of Baltimore's 3,740 policemen did not show up for duty.
• Student absenteeism has also fallen remarkably in Webster County.
• A plan dressed in all the gimcrackery of Hollywood was last week mushrooming across the country as an alleged solution for war-plant absenteeism.

News & Articles

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• Cross, 4 Other Schools Get New Principals
  A fast-rising star is taking over the city’s largest, troubled high school with a mission to tackle chronic absenteeism and stop English-language learners from dropping out of school.
  June 11, 2013 - New Haven Independent
• Minister Clement to Modernize Disability Management in the Public Service
  The Honourable Tony Clement, President of the Treasury Board, today announced plans to tackle high rates of employee absenteeism and to strengthen support for ill and injured public servants with an ambitious ...
  June 10, 2013 - Marketwired via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Janet Napolitano in Los Angeles Times
  Be responsible and understanding for the absenteeism that needs to occur with this strain of the flu,said Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, joining Locke and Sebelius at the news conference today.