Excessive absenteeism: Attendance And Absence Law
The Attendance And Absence Law carries 4 published figures read from 9 sources' own pages, from 4 to 28 week, read 16 October 2026.
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9 of the 14 named sources read in full publish a figure; 5 publish none, read 16 October 2026.
By entitlement
| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| entitlementUS, FMLA eligibility, hours worked in the prior 12 months | 1,250hour | 1,250 to 1,250hour | 1 |
| entitlementUS, FMLA military caregiver leave in a single 12-month period | 26week | 26 to 26week | 1 |
| entitlementUS, FMLA maximum unpaid job-protected leave | 12week | 12 to 12week | 1 |
| entitlementUK, statutory sick pay maximum duration | 28week | 28 to 28week | 1 |
| entitlementAustralia, unpaid carer's leave per occasion for a casual | 2day | 2 to 2day | 1 |
| entitlementOntario, unpaid job-protected sick leave per calendar year | 3day | 3 to 3day | 1 |
| entitlementUK, self-certification before a fit note is required | 7day | 7 to 7day | 1 |
| entitlementUK, absence after which an employee is long-term sick | 4week | 4 to 4week | 1 |
| entitlementUK, deadline for a written statement of dismissal reasons | 14day | 14 to 14day | 1 |
| entitlementAustralia, casual service before unpaid parental leave | 12month | 12 to 12month | 1 |
Every figure, with its source
One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.
| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOL Fact Sheet 28, FMLA | 1,250hour | US, FMLA eligibility, hours worked in the prior 12 months | 2026-10-16 |
| GOV.UK Statutory Sick Pay | 28week | UK, statutory sick pay maximum duration | 2026-10-16 |
| DOL FMLA FAQ | 26week | US, FMLA military caregiver leave in a single 12-month period | 2026-10-16 |
| GOV.UK dismissal | 14day | UK, deadline for a written statement of dismissal reasons | 2026-10-16 |
| US DOL sick leave topic page | 12week | US, FMLA maximum unpaid job-protected leave | 2026-10-16 |
| Fair Work Ombudsman National Employment Standards | 12month | Australia, casual service before unpaid parental leave | 2026-10-16 |
| GOV.UK taking sick leave | 7day | UK, self-certification before a fit note is required | 2026-10-16 |
| GOV.UK taking sick leave | 4week | UK, absence after which an employee is long-term sick | 2026-10-16 |
| Ontario ESA guide, sick leave | 3day | Ontario, unpaid job-protected sick leave per calendar year | 2026-10-16 |
| Fair Work Ombudsman sick and carer's leave | 2day | Australia, unpaid carer's leave per occasion for a casual | 2026-10-16 |
The sentence each figure was read from (10)
- DOL Fact Sheet 28, FMLA, read 2026-10-16:
Eligible employees: Employees are eligible if they work for a covered employer for at least 12 months, have at least 1,250 hours of service with the employer during the 12 months before their FMLA leave starts, and work at a location where the employer has at least 50 employees within 75 miles.
- GOV.UK Statutory Sick Pay, read 2026-10-16:
It’s paid by your employer for up to 28 weeks.
- DOL FMLA FAQ, read 2026-10-16:
Additionally, they may take up to 26 weeks of FMLA leave in a single 12-month period to care for a covered servicemember with a serious injury or illness.
- GOV.UK dismissal, read 2026-10-16:
Your employer must supply the statement within 14 days of you asking for it.
- US DOL sick leave topic page, read 2026-10-16:
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides for up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for certain medical situations for either the employee or a member of the employee's immediate family; however, in many instances paid leave may be substituted for unpaid FMLA leave.
- Fair Work Ombudsman National Employment Standards, read 2026-10-16:
Casual employees can request flexible working arrangements and take unpaid parental leave if: they have been employed by their employer as a casual employee on a regular and systematic basis over at least 12 months, and
- GOV.UK taking sick leave, read 2026-10-16:
If employees are off work for 7 days or less, they do not need to give their employer a fit note or other proof of sickness from a healthcare professional.
- GOV.UK taking sick leave, read 2026-10-16:
Employees who are off work sick for more than 4 weeks may be considered long-term sick.
- Ontario ESA guide, sick leave, read 2026-10-16:
Most employees have the right to take up to 3 days of unpaid job-protected leave each calendar year due to a personal illness, injury or medical emergency.
- Fair Work Ombudsman sick and carer's leave, read 2026-10-16:
Casual employees are entitled to 2 days of unpaid carer’s leave per occasion.
Read in full, publishes no figure
5 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.
- US DOL Wage and Hour Division, FMLA, read 2026-10-16: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- EEOC employer-provided leave and the ADA, read 2026-09-18: every candidate on the page was refused
- EEOC enforcement guidance on reasonable accommodation, read 2026-09-18: every candidate on the page was refused
- Acas absence from work, read 2026-10-16: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Acas disciplinary procedure step by step, read 2026-10-16: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
Methodology
Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).
9 of the 14 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 5 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 0 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.
The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in week (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 56 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.
The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per jurisdiction per entitlement and per limit: the protected-leave entitlement and its eligibility test, the sick-pay rate and duration, the notice and evidence an employer may demand, and the point at which absence may lawfully end employment, quoted verbatim with its effective date; the derivation is the constraint map laid over the policy corpus - which of the published point systems would count a protected absence, and how the same absence is treated in each jurisdiction - which neither the regulators nor the employers publish
56 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.
Sources (14)
- US DOL Wage and Hour Division, FMLA(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- DOL Fact Sheet 28, FMLA(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- DOL FMLA FAQ(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- EEOC employer-provided leave and the ADA(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- EEOC enforcement guidance on reasonable accommodation(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- US DOL sick leave topic page(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- GOV.UK Statutory Sick Pay(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- GOV.UK taking sick leave(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- GOV.UK dismissal(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Acas absence from work(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Acas disciplinary procedure step by step(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Fair Work Ombudsman sick and carer's leave(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Fair Work Ombudsman National Employment Standards(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Ontario ESA guide, sick leave(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
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The Attendance And Absence Law carries 4 published figures read from 9 sources' own pages, from 4 to 28 week, read 16 October 2026.
9 of the 14 named sources read in full publish a figure; 5 publish none, read 16 October 2026.
Attendance And Absence Law, entitlement US, FMLA eligibility, hours worked in the prior 12 months: median 1,250 hour across 1 source, read 16 October 2026.
Attendance And Absence Law, entitlement US, FMLA military caregiver leave in a single 12-month period: median 26 week across 1 source, read 16 October 2026.
Attendance And Absence Law, entitlement US, FMLA maximum unpaid job-protected leave: median 12 week across 1 source, read 16 October 2026.
Attendance And Absence Law, entitlement UK, statutory sick pay maximum duration: median 28 week across 1 source, read 16 October 2026.
Attendance And Absence Law, entitlement Australia, unpaid carer's leave per occasion for a casual: median 2 day across 1 source, read 16 October 2026.
Attendance And Absence Law, entitlement Ontario, unpaid job-protected sick leave per calendar year: median 3 day across 1 source, read 16 October 2026.
Attendance And Absence Law, entitlement UK, self-certification before a fit note is required: median 7 day across 1 source, read 16 October 2026.
Attendance And Absence Law, entitlement UK, absence after which an employee is long-term sick: median 4 week across 1 source, read 16 October 2026.
Attendance And Absence Law, entitlement UK, deadline for a written statement of dismissal reasons: median 14 day across 1 source, read 16 October 2026.
Attendance And Absence Law, entitlement Australia, casual service before unpaid parental leave: median 12 month across 1 source, read 16 October 2026.
Cite as: "RollCallWorks Attendance And Absence Law", updated 2026-10-18, https://rollcallworks.com/datasets/attendance-and-absence-law/.
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