It has come to our knowledge that you have been taking time off without permission.

我们了解到你们时常未经允许就不上班。

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I would normally suggest taking time off work, but in this instance I'm not sure that would do any good.

我通常会建议休假，但就这个情况而言，我不敢保证休假会有什么好处。

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Too many workplace policies effectively prohibit employees from developing a healthy work-life balance by barring them from taking time off, even when they need it most.

太多的职场政策通过禁止员工休假，有力地阻止了员工形成健康的工作和生活间的平衡，即使是在他们最需要休假的时候也不例外。

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But he's just the latest in a long line of big-time Republicans taking off.

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How many CEOs end up hiring dim, unqualified brothers-in-law or grandkids who are taking time off college?

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Many women have experienced, first-hand, the negative aspects of taking time off from their career to raise children or help with the care of elderly parents.

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