leaveism

Meaning

Noun

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

Origin

• From the noun leave -ism, coined in 2013 by Dr Ian Hesketh when researching wellbeing of UK police workers.