BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Leave
- work time when an employee is paid, but is not required to be at work. Leave takes several forms and includes time off for vacation. The number of days of vacation is agreed in the contract of employment and may be dependent on the employee's length of service. It may also take the form of sick leave, educational leave, or maternity or paternity leave.
Wiktionary Definition for: Leave
- transitive To transfer possession of after death.
- Ex: ''When my father died, he '''left''' me the house.''
- transitive To be left or over; to remain as available.
- Ex: ''There's not much food '''left''', we'd better go to the shops.''
- transitive To not take away with oneself but leave as available for others; to deposit.
- Ex: ''I'll '''leave''' the car in the station so you can pick it up there.''
- transitive To transfer responsibility or attention (to); to stop being concerned with.
- Ex: ''Can't we just '''leave''' this to the experts?''
- transitive To depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with.
- Ex: ''I '''left''' the country and I '''left''' my wife.''
- intransitive To depart; to go away from a certain place or state.
- Ex: ''I think you'd better '''leave'''.
- dated permission Permission.
- Ex: ''Might I beg '''leave''' to accompany you?''
- Permission to be absent; time away from one's work.
- Ex: ''I've been given three weeks' '''leave''' by my boss.''
- dated Farewell, departure.
- Ex: ''I took my leave of the gentleman without a backward glance.''
Additional Resources
- How to Take Parental Leave
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- Articles 2007-05-29
- Tales from the Trenches: The Ups and Downs of Parental Leave
- Cranky bosses, inflexible schedules, going into labor at work. These five parents navigated the tricky waters of when to take parental leave — and when to come back. Anne San Diego, CA Job at time of parental leave: Instructor at a major university...
- Articles 2007-05-29
- The Five Dangers of Parental Leave
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- Articles 2007-05-29
- The Five Dangers of Parental Leave
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- Discussion threads 2007-05-31
- OPM proposes new leave policies for pandemics, family care
- The Office of Personnel Management proposed regulations on Wednesday that would make it easier for federal employees to take time off to care for family members who have been exposed to dangerous communicable diseases or wounded in combat."It's a very generous federal benefit, and it's one that makes us a...
- News items 2009-08-27
- Sick Leave Creates a Dilemma
- Last week, Washington D.C. approved a new law requiring all city businesses to provide paid sick leave to their employees. This is a positive step for small businesses and low-wage workers most large companies already have such policies in place for their professionals, but it reminded me of a...
- Blog posts 2008-03-18
- How to Take Parental Leave
- How to Take Parental Leavegreat article!This was really usefulRE: How to Take Parental LeaveCool info, it wasn't that long ago that our kids were born (seems like just the other day ;-) While I probably could have taken a lot of unpaid leave, I never took more than a week...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-27
- Unsupported Demand for Leave Does Not Amount to FMLA Notice
- This paper describes the Family and Medical Leave Act FMLA. Under this act employees cannot simply demand leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act FMLA-they must provide employers with a minimum amount of information showing they are entitled to such leave, held the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals....
- White papers 2004-06-01
- Family And Medical Leave Policy
- The Family and Medical Leave policy states that an employee is eligible to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid family/medical leave within any 12-month period and be restored to the same or an equivalent position upon the employee's return from leave provided he/she: has worked for the company for...
- Tools & templates 2007-11-16
- Sick Leave Creates a Dilemma
- Sick Leave Creates a DilemmaSick Leave Creates a DilemmaThat type of situation is what FMLA was created for. The business can have legal issues if they are creating a new policy that applies for "popular" people and then a different policy for "unpopular" people.RE: Sick Leave Creates a DilemmaNow the...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-19
- Intermittent Leave Under the FMLA
- This article outlines some of the basic requirements of the FMLA as they pertain to intermittent leave requests, and puts the administrative headaches into perspective. The FMLA guarantees the right of the employee to return to the same position or to an equivalent position after an FMLA leave. The Department...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Parental Leave, Parental Return
- Have a kid and a career. Find out how to stay on track when you take time off to have a child.Parental leave isn't just for pregnant moms anymore. With new laws allowing greater flexibility, dads and adoptive parents are taking time off to bond with their babies — and...
- Articles 2008-02-19
- Leave Bank Policy
- The Leave Bank policy allows employees to donate accumulated paid time off PTO for use by other employees whose sick and other paid leave has been exhausted. It documents the procedures for granting of leave bank days, administrative procedures, eligibility of employees, donation of leave, and general rules. The company...
- Tools & templates 2007-11-16
- Tales from the Trenches: The Ups and Downs of Parental Leave
- Tales from the Trenches: The Ups and Downs of Parental LeaveParenting...A Choice?I made a conscientous decision NOT to have children and I have yet to see any articles that offer me "leave" or special "rights." I may be missing the part where having a child was a CHOICE but it...
- Discussion threads 2007-07-10
- Family-leave bills launched. (House and Senate bills)
- Family-Leave Bills Launched WASHINGTON - Proposed family and medical leave bills that would require employers to rehire employees and continue health insurance coverage during their unpaid leave have been reintroduced in the Senate and House. TheFamily-Leave Bills Launched ...
- Research articles 1989-02-13
- Taxes on donated leave benefits.(BENEFIT PLANS)(Brief article)
- IRS takes a dim view of leave donated to pay death benefits. Donors are taxed on the value of the leave, IRS privately rules, and employers have to withhold payroll taxes on these amounts. The ruling involved a leave bank for survivors of state...
- Research articles 2006-08-11
- Will Maternity Leave Hurt Your Career?
- Dear Ron, I'm about to be out of office on a five-month maternity leave. What should I do now and maybe while on leave to make sure I'm not "forgotten" or passed over for projects/assignments when I get back? In general, what you...
- Blog posts 2009-08-27
- Sick Leave among Home-Care Personnel: A Longitudinal Study of Risk Factors
- The aim of the white paper study is to assess whether self-reported factors related to health, work and leisure time could predict: 1) future certified sick leave due to any cause, in nursing aides/ assistant nurses and 2) future self-reported sick leave due to NSBD in nursing aides/ assistant nurses....
- White papers 2004-11-08
- The Challenge of State Leave Laws: Are Your Clients Prepared? - Part Two of Two
- The passage of the Family and Medical Leave Act FMLA in 1993 created new responsibilities for employers, including tracking, reporting and ensuring compliance. Layered on top of the federal legislation is the myriad, continually evolving state family and medical leave laws that often have different eligibility requirements and job protections...
- White papers 2004-08-01
- Rethinking Work and Family Policy: The Making and Taking of Parental Leave in Australia
- Despite the continued increase in female participation rates, Australia remains one of only two developed nations in the world without a paid maternity leave scheme. While research interest and public policy debate about paid maternity leave entitlements continues, little is known about the actual utilization of the 52 weeks unpaid...
- White papers 2005-05-25
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