She added that "dress-down" Fridays were believed to have reduced absences on that day.
Ipswich Hospital needed nurses to cover 100 shifts due to staff absences last weekend.
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Sometimes they squander their money, and prolonged absences from home can make their families break down.
And bullying has been shown to lead to absences and poor performance in the classroom.
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The previous superintendent quit amid criticism of her long absences, which she attributed to illness.
Poor children without dental care often suffer long-term health issues, school absences and even death.
The consultation document says attendance levels are improving, but there are still too many unauthorised absences.
These three are all very good players, but their absences don't augur catastrophe for the Yankees.
"The council is committed to monitoring and acting on unauthorised absences from schools, " said Councillor Thomas.
Yet coach Manuel Jose is upbeat about his team's chances in light of the absences, especially Barakat's.
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That is not to complain - long hours and long absences from home go with the job.
Yet, an increase in unplanned absences could hurt sales, particularly at her two retail locations, she says.
In the 1980s the trade press started calling Lawrence "Garbo"--because of her long, unexplained absences from her agency.
The school's emergency management team was meeting this week to decide how to handle larger-scale absences, she said.
In mid-March, that number was 1, 478 absences among Hispanics and the number fell to 1, 340 in April, said Valdes.
They're problems to be worked around the way various absences last year were.
The watchdog warned that many hospitals had high levels of sickness as well as absences, vacancies and turnover of staff.
Ministers were not able to clarify whether staffing figures from local health boards took account of suspensions or long-term absences.
As you can see even the best performing councils still had more absences on average than most private sector companies.
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Some Bradford Muslims insist that such absences are the best way to keep children in touch with their culture and religion.
Their repeated absences meant that debates on key issues could not take place, a political tactic which Mr Kostunica has defended.
The cost to companies of these unplanned absences can be staggering, especially in businesses like law or accounting, where professionals bill hourly.
Teachers here realize such absences can be a strain on the students.
The Welsh government does not currently collect data on this but said it was gathering more detailed information about absences from this academic year.
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As if to compensate for these absences, there is an unexpected summary of the history of the East River guerrillas, a wartime resistance group.
But the week of absences also offers a less obvious lesson.
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But what started as one day of hooky, so that she could walk in a Calvin Klein show, grew into long absences for international travel.
Of these absences, 76% were approved and the rest were unauthorised.
They couldn't match the effort of the Bulls, who played harder to make up for the absences of starters Luol Deng and Kirk Hinrich during the series.
"There are some noteworthy absences due to the need to manage the weariness of some players who played a lot of games during the season, " added Lievremont.
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