That is why some working parents feel worried when they actually do take a leave.
McRory told the Tyrone county board that he wanted to take a leave of absence from the job because of health problems.
They actually envied those who could take a leave due to work injury, while casually joking about how their station's been toxicated.
Sally moves along quickly and easily in her career, but what happens when she decides to take a leave of absence for a couple of years?
While more companies are allowing employees to work when and where they want to, they increasingly are limiting people's ability to take a leave or work part-time, the Families and Work Institute found in its 2012 National Study of Employers.
When my wife asked me to take a temporary leave from the hospital to spend time with her, I took a leave from the hospital and spent all my time with her.
He had to give up playing tennis and take a medical leave from Bentley University in Waltham Mass.
McGowen elected to take a medical leave of absence due to stress.
Jobs, of course, has been on medical leave since last month, when the Cupertino, California computer maker released a statement from Jobs announcing he will take a medical leave, his third since 2004, and handing day-to-day operations to Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook.
Marissa Mayer had just announced she was going to take a short maternity leave and get back in the saddle at Yahoo after only a few weeks.
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Inspired by yoga-crazed pals who gushed about how they felt relaxed yet invigorated yet serene yet totally high, I'd take a class and leave feeling itchy yet profoundly annoyed.
In the midst of my demanding job as a tenure-track professor, I became pregnant naturally, but then had to take medical leave for a rare pregnancy complication, which ended in the stillbirth of twin daughters.
Workers who fall sick during their annual leave are entitled to take corresponding paid leave at a later date, the EU's top court has ruled.
"The ICC has to take a firm lead and leave no stone unturned, " he said.
The world powers that underwrote the road map (America, the European Union, Russia and the United Nations) seem to have decided to take a back seat and leave this renewed bout of peacemaking to the Israeli and Palestinian leaders and their neighbours the summit's hosts President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and King Abdullah of Jordan.
In return, Tony Blair has extracted a promise from Guy Verhofstadt, his Belgian counterpart, that when the convention reports in 2003 or 2004 it will not come up with a take-it-or-leave-it blueprint, but will instead offer a series of options for national leaders to consider.
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This idea that the euro is a take-it-or-leave-it option, an arrangement of convenience rather than a fixed and irrevocable union, has been a staple for European leaders over the past few years.
The union broadly agree that it is "reasonable" to look at A Levels, she said, but do not want to be handed a "take it or leave it" proposal.
Edfors, meanwhile, left it late to earn his win, holing a putt from 10 feet after a fine approach shot at the last to leave Buckle needing a birdie to take the tournament into a play-off.
They are unlikely to take a quick and easy deal to leave the ranks of the world's top troublemakers.
The authority will also ask staff to take five days of unpaid leave a year as it tries to reduce costs.
The authority is cutting 350 posts and will also ask staff to take five days of unpaid leave a year as it tries to reduce costs.
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"If they tell you how much they like an item, and take a picture of it and then leave the store and you never hear from them again, it's a pretty good indication that they may be going home and looking for a better price online, " she said.
In 2002, California became the first state to enact a paid family leave act, allowing employees to take six weeks' leave and up to 55% of their weekly wages, with a benefit cap, to care for a newborn or newly adopted child.
But this time they need to go beyond the simple declaration of a take-it-or-leave-it final deal.
Are you saying that the President is presenting this as a take-it-or-leave-it kind of deal?
Wyeth said it's still assessing the response to its latest settlement offer, which it originally portrayed as a take-it-or-leave-it proposal.
Car owners may pay more to leave their vehicles and take a cab home than if they used a stand-in driver, Ji says.
Tenants are now assigned to council housing on a take-it-or-leave-it basis.
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