Presenteeism

Quick meaning: Presenteeism is a noun meaning (chiefly UK) The fact of being present at work, especially if one is too sick to be productive, or working beyond the expected hours.

Meaning

(chiefly UK) The fact of being present at work, especially if one is too sick to be productive, or working beyond the expected hours.

Example Sentences

Research shows that presenteeism, apart from the obvious danger of contamination of other workers, can lead to longer absence from work later on.

Employers should guarantee sick pay, including for contacts of known cases, and do everything they can to discourage the practice of “presenteeism”.

"This also contributes to 'presenteeism', where people work when they are not at their most productive, and the newer trend of 'leaveism' where employees feel they must work outside of their normal hours."

Organisations that have noticed an increase in presenteeism are nearly twice as likely to report an increase in stress-related absence and more than twice as likely to report an increase in mental health problems among their staff too.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include presentee, presentience, previsibility, presental, present, preattention.

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