Under the new rules, faculty and staff must log 40 working hours per week. For MTech and first-year PhD students, the requirement is even higher, at least 50 hours on campus each week ...

As a general rule, the reasons people want to use vacation time should be irrelevant. It’s part of your compensation, and ...

Objectives The length and frequency of previous sickness absence (SA) spells have been shown to be associated with future SA. The aim was to examine if this pattern persisted during the COVID-19 ...

So some districts have peppered a few extra days off around breaks or in stretches of the calendar with fewer holidays. If ...

Nelson points to data showing that chronic absences can lead to lower test scores, weaker social skills and reduced economic opportunities. It’s also an early warning sign for dropping out, she notes.