leaveism

noun

1. The practice of employees using flexitime and other leave entitlement schemes to take time off when they are in fact too unwell to go to work.

   uncountable

2. The practice of employees taking work away to complete outside of paid hours, e.g. at home or on holiday.

   uncountable

   It occurs when staff utilise allocated time-off, including annual leave and rest days, to catch up on work obligations and to take work home with them that cannot be completed in normal working hours.

   Allied to this is the greater prevalence of 'leaveism', where employees are unable to disconnect from work because of the increased use of technology.

Where it comes from

From the noun leave (“permission to be absent”) + -ism, coined in 2013 by Dr Ian Hesketh when researching wellbeing of UK police workers.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry leaveism (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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