And inactivity among working adults leads to increased time off work and decreased productivity.
With kids off school and adults off work, there's a ready-made audience waiting to be entertained.
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On Monday I returned to the Forbes offices following more than two weeks off work.
But keep the discussion light and off work unless the conversation naturally moves in that direction.
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My brothers and I took time off work for medical appointments and hospice care.
Neil was forced to take time off work and even needed medication from his doctor.
Absent, for of course no public servant would bunk off work to fill out an online survey.
That would mean men could take time off work to look after their children instead of women.
This will not involve taking a day off work, as they will attend in their spare time.
Katrina Fletcher, a 29-year-old lawyer based in Connecticut, takes time off work to help at fashion week.
Even companies that are proud of handing off work, such as Dell Computer, withhold most of the details.
He spends more time with his wife, takes more time off work and has restructured his work regime.
In 1948, the British 10, 000-meter runner Stan Cox had to take a day off work for his race.
The waitress has to take time off work because her son is suffering from a terrible respiratory disease.
That plan would leverage off work already done for the Ares family of rockets, while avoiding further contractor layoffs.
The day before the celebrations in Bindura, residents were given an hour off work to clean the town's streets.
Furthermore, most Yemenis knock off work at 2pm, abandoning their afternoons to chewing.
"I was off work for 11 months but I knew I was going to beat it and I stayed positive, " he said.
The automatic budget cuts could s hut down the whole meat industry as inspectors have to take days off work.
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He did not remain in hospital for more than 24 hours, but was off work for more than seven days.
Still in pain, she was off work for almost a year and needed a second surgery elsewhere to get relief.
When he's in Lake Placid, he typically knocks off work at 5:30 and dives into the lake with his kids.
Those going abroad also have to build in the cost of travel and accommodation, and, of course, time off work.
Author and speaker Allan Bacon insists that blowing off work -- the most unimportant work -- can be beneficial.
"I've had three years off work to look after her and care for her through the first cancer, " he said.
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Every day when I get off work, and I see the light from my own house, I will see hope.
For each birth, Miss Broomhall only takes two weeks off work and has never let the process affect her day-to-day life.
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Meanwhile, Marie stayed off work and sat in her room with the radio on, though I doubt she ever heard it.
In the following days, according to the former employee, he was "nervous" and had unusually given the staff Friday off work.
She had taken the past two years off work to be with her kids, so the family's income was a little low.
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