presenteeism

English

Etymology

From presentee +‎ -ism, after absenteeism.

Noun

presenteeism (uncountable)

1. (chiefly UK) The fact of being present at work, especially if one is too sick to be productive, or working beyond the expected hours. [from 20th c.]
   • 2016, Peter Cheese, The Guardian, 19 September:

     Organisations that have noticed an increase in presenteeism are nearly twice as likely to report an increase in stress-related absence and more than twice as likely to report an increase in mental health problems among their staff too.

Translations

being at work when sick

• Finnish: presenteismi
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Präsentismus m
• Romanian: prezentism (ro) n

See also

• presentism