Sentences with phrase «take a day off work»

If you want to keep people focused on your religion as a unifying set of moral and practical codes to live by, make attendence to religious services and taking the day off work to attend mandatory or else it is a sin punishable by death.

Nor would it be assumed that wives should take the day off work to stay home with a sick child.

For the Bring Dad to School Day, each participating father received a certificate (this was mentioned in the publicity), which they could show to their employer if they took the day off work.

As an example my husband needing to take a day off work to look after not only the children but me too when we all got sick.

I called first the doctor's office to explain my dilemma, then my husband to inform him that he would have to take the day off work the next day to get me to the doctor because he had finally put his foot down and said not another day longer.

He took a day off work to read it with me while Gigi watched Katie.

If your partner is unable to take the day off work, ask a family member or friend to pop round for a few hours and help out.

Parents will then be forced to make alternative childcare arrangements, or take days off work to look after their children.

I had taken a day off work to go campaigning on the day of the local and European elections this year.

Some had left their Staten Island and Queens homes as early as 4 a.m. to make departure on time, others had taken the day off work or school, all were there for the same reason: to meet with state lawmakers and convince them to modernize New York's antiquated election laws.

Vomiting, diarrhea, heavy bleeding, and debilitating cramps meant Amy had to take days off work every month.

While I plan on making a few Halloween treats today (because I took the day off work — yay!)

I have taken the day off work, as has Nik, and we are off for a day of birthday fun.

I wore it last Tuesday on our anniversary, when we both took the day off work.

I'm taking the day off work, to relax, pray, reflect and maybe even indulge in some self care.

I wasn't feeling at all well today, and so I took the day off work, and if I'm honest, I've spent most of the day in tears.

It's may could take a day off work for hotel play.

Almost all families have two working parents, so arranging field trips takes early and ongoing effort to persuade parents to take a day off work to help with their child's education.

Firstly, it's accessible whenever your learners need it and they don't need to book a train and take a day off work to do it.

A few gave impromptu speeches in support of the teachers, who took a day off work to attend the Colorado Education Association's annual Lobby Day.

She has also asked parents to take the day off work, which she acknowledged could be inconvenient, or «a hardship,» in order to attend the rally.

Nissan covered the brake jobs but I still had to go through the hassle and time of taking a day off work to go sit at the dealership.

You don't have to take a day off work to spend worrying about your insurance, you don't have to spend your life savings, and you don't have to worry about shopping all over town or all over the internet for the best price.

Macdonald said the study compared childcare costs with women's incomes because mothers were more likely to take paid leave to care for children, more likely to work part - time due to childcare issues, and more likely to take days off work to care for sick children.

A local games journalist has taken the day off work after being reduced to tears by a comment left on one of their articles.

(Appearing in court) would have been difficult, as I would have had to take a day off work to drive 2 1/2 hours to the courthouse to appear.

A doctor's appointment for themselves or their child results in having to take a day off work, at a significant loss of wages and often means risking their employment.

You do not have to take the day off work or stand in line at the DMV to see where you stand.

Since you don't have the be present at the hearing, you don't have to take the day off work (or drop whatever else you would be doing at that time).

This makes it more convenient especially for people who can not afford to take a day off work only to file insurance claims.

How you going to tell me I took my day off work because you guys can not do your job and be organize you all desorganize, they call me a month in advance and you tell me my road test is on the 3rd to come in and this woman tells me my road test is the 4th!

Beyond lacking professionalism, the potential employer may have some concerns regarding your inclination to take days off work to go to the golf course because you have said you are an avid golfer.

Had she not be so totally prepared today, she would have had to take another day off work to finish with a trial.

Nor would it be assumed that wives should take the day off work to stay home with a sick child.

Despite the chilly start to the day and during a most busy spring season, members took a day off work and gave back to the community by volunteering their time, skills and elbow grease, for Habitat for Humanity's Women's Build Week.

Not exact matches

Writer James Clear suggests starting small, choosing one thing to improve incrementally every day, and committing to not pushing off things that take less than two minutes to do, such as washing the dishes after a meal or eating a piece of fruit to work toward the goal of eating healthier.

An employee review survey conducted by the Randstad Group found that 57 % of Generation Y employees and 26 % of baby boomers take off unplanned days from work to deal with stress.

Sometimes I'll work a full day, take off from Allentown to Spain for a meeting, and then fly right back.

Every person working from home must take time to establish a regular work schedule that includes time to stretch your legs and take lunch breaks, plus some days off and scheduled vacations.

On normal days off, some portion of a given team will be working while others take the time.

On days when I was struggling to do my work, I knew that I could always check «take photo» off my daily action list, and it always felt good.

«Recent events have brought home for me that people are more important than work, and that I need to take some time off of the day - to - day to grieve my mother, whom I buried on Friday, to reflect, to work on myself, and to focus on building out a world - class leadership team,» Kalanick wrote in the email, obtained first by Recode.

We're allowed to work from home, come in late, leave early and take days off as needed.

When someone takes something off your work plate, especially something that gives you a headache, share exactly how that made a difference in your day.

If employees begin to take advantage of this flexibility, you'll notice it in the way they use their time as a free day off instead of a new working situation.

With employees to handle chores such as media production and copywriting, Shipp works just two or three hours a day when he is not traveling and generally takes off all of December and January.

Instead, reserve some time and energy to do something that simply makes you feel good in the moment, whether it's reading a book, watching a movie, going for a walk or taking an entire day off from work.

Why not take the longest day of the year off work and actually accomplish all that stuff that's cluttering your brain?

From kicking off a professional wrestling career back in the 1990s, to the present day, where WWE sees Levesque «revolutionizing the business» with his developmental training processes and global recruiting strategy, Levesque concluded the discussion with CNBC, by stressing how putting in the hard work and taking a gamble can lead to life - changing developments.

Sometimes it's difficult to switch off at the end of the day or take time out on the weekend and stop thinking about work.