presenteeism
C1CEFR level
62/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister
Law noun
The practice of attending work while unwell or beyond required hours, often reducing genuine productivity.
A culture of presenteeism meant staff came in sick rather than risk their attendance record.
Business noun
The habit of showing up to work while unwell or staying long hours without real output.
The always-on culture bred presenteeism, with people logging on sick just to be seen.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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