personal leave
noun[U]
ukusHR
timethat you areallowedto take offworkforprivatereasons, forexampleif amemberofyourfamilyisill:
Hetookpersonalleavetoflyat his ownexpenseto Orlando and then back thisweek.
Examplesofpersonal leave
personal leave
Vacation days rose from 20 to 30 days a year, and five days ofpersonalleavealso established.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Her time with the squad was no more than a few months, after which she took apersonalleaveand then apparently transferred out.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The 276 days include 84 nonwork days (weekends and holidays) and 102personalleavedays.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.To complicate matters, he had requested and been granted a three-monthpersonalleaveof absence.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.After having a difficult visit from his troubled son, he finds out the son is having serious problems at college and takespersonalleaveto go help him.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The other 90% are onpersonalleavebecause of family or educational obligations or they are undertaking external courses.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
This code makes a number of specific recommendations to do with part-time work, flexitime,personalleaveand child facilities.
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- serious obstacle
- serious omission
- serious opposition
- serious outbreak
- serious pest
- serious problem
- serious question
- serious recession
- serious reform
- serious repercussion
- serious scrutiny
- serious setback
- serious shortage
- serious shortcoming
- serious shortfall
- serious strain
- serious threat
- serious violation
- serious weakness
- sermon
- sermonize
- sermonized
- sermonizing
- serological
- serologist