An extended period of leave, often one year long, taken by an employee in order to carry out projects not otherwise associated with the employee's job. During the sabbatical, the employer may pay some or all of the wages that would have been otherwise earned or some or all of the expenses incurred. University lecturers, for example, may be granted a one-year paid sabbatical once every seven years
An extended period of leave, often one year long, taken by an employee in order to carry out projects not otherwise associated with the employees job. During the sabbatical, the employer may pay some or all of the wages that would have been otherwise earned or some or all of the expenses incurred. University lecturers, for example, may be granted a one-year paid sabbatical once every seven years
A sabbatical is a period of time during which someone such as a university teacher can leave their ordinary work and travel or study. He took a year's sabbatical from the Foreign Office He's been on sabbatical writing a novel. a period when someone, especially someone in a university job, stops doing their usual work in order to study or travel
Time off from work, usually with at least partial continuation of salary and benefits, during which employees can pursue goals related to personal and professional growth or perform community service The name stems from an old custom of giving teachers every seventh year off, usually with pay
An absence from duty, with pay, that an agency may grant to an SES career appointee for up to 11 months to engage in study or uncompensated work experience for developmental purposes
a leave usually taken every seventh year of or relating to sabbatical leave; "sabbatical research project" of or relating to the Sabbath; "Friday is a sabbatical day for Muslims