Talk:Leave of absence/Archive 1

This is a good article, and I don't know why it's necessarily labeled as a stub. On one hand, it's short; on the other hand, it's concise. just my bits (=

Extra bit of information to go in the article if anyone has it: What is the origin of the phrase, and how are we to understand it's parsing? There seem to be two options: 1) 'Leave of absence' is like 'leave of you' in 'I take my leave of you.' If this was it, then taking a leave of absence would mean putting my absence behind me; so it'd be the opposite of what the phrase means. 2) 'Leave of absences' is an answer to the question 'What kind of leave are you taking?' But if that's so, it looks redundant. Every type of leave seems to involve your absence, so 'leave of absence' just means 'leave.'

'Leave' in this case means 'permission', as in 'by your leave' or 'you have my leave to...'

Adding to it
Another thing to add to the article would be how to write a formal leave of absence letter. [[Media:

Employee vs. Employer -- Causality and Shame
The existing stub of an article is absolutely excellent for leaves of absence initiated by the employer, but unfairly indicates that all leaves of absence are so, and thereby reflect badly on an employee. Leaves of absence requested or invoked by an employee can reflect on crosstraining or enrichment projects, or long vacations considered as due payment]] to key employees at a firm or institution. In many employee-initiated situations, a leave of absence may serve as a non-academic stand in for a sabbatical.--emdash 00:14, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Definition of authorised and unauthorised leave
It would be useful if someone can provide a concise definition of what authorised and unauthorised leave is.

Negative Bias
This entire article is focusing on the LOA as something with a negative connotation. There needs to be more mention of the employee instigated leave of absense, such as leave for work injuries, family illness, and other "non-punishment" type requests.