0 a situation in which people are not at school or work when they should be:
1 the fact of staying away from work, especially without a good reason:
There are several reasons underlying employee absenteeism.
Absenteeism due to stress is increasing.
If we can reduce absenteeism, that's going to help the kids get better grades.
However, they also found that treatment significantly reduced the absenteeism rate of students in nonparticipating schools.
For instance, the management's move to regulate absenteeism had on some occasions serious repercussions.
Those who were still attending physiotherapy after returning to work incurred further costs to society of which we added to the cost of absenteeism.
Reasons included boredom or unwillingness to participate on the part of the child, or absenteeism on one or more days of testing.
A norovirus outbreak associated with wedding cake of food preparation, hygienic practices, and employee health and absenteeism.