Sentence examples for taking leave for from inspiring English sources

For 35 years he had been an executive of Macy's, taking leave for duty during WWII.

One woman, who abandoned a career in marketing after similar experiences in two companies, recounted taking leave for three days to look after a sick child.

When taking leave for mental health reasons, you aren't required to tell your boss, according to the Department of Labor only if you need something to change in the workplace but depending on your relationship with your boss, it might be easier than going on medical leave without explaining what's wrong.

"Taking leave for a month from parliament shows utter contempt," tweeted Alec Shelbrooke, MP for Elmet and Rothwell.

George Foreman took leave for almost 10 years.

Academics generally take leave for only a few years to serve in the White House.

Smokers use publicly financed medical care, they take leave for illness, they burn down the odd building.

The archbishop of Chicago, Cardinal Francis George, called on the priest, the Rev. Michael Pfleger, to "step back from his obligations" at St. Sabina and "take leave for a couple of weeks".

Far more women then men of my generation take leave for six months or a year after childbirth, then end up following and permanently supporting their husband's careers, rather than the other way around.

Moreover, a just-published Labor Department survey finds that most employees who take leave for family and medical reasons receive partial pay (17 percent) or full pay (48 percent ) for short leaves (fewer than 10 days), often drawing on paid leave days they have accrued during the previous year.

Ironically, under the Trump proposal, a woman could take leave for childbirth but not if she had heart surgery.