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absence without leave
(a) absenteeism, i.e., absence from the workplace without valid reasons for the entire workday (shift), regardless of its duration, as well as in the case of absence from the workplace without valid reasons for more than four consecutive hours during the workday (shift);
Source: "Labor Code of the Russian Federation" dated December 30, 2001, No. 197-FZ (edition as of December 3, 2012)