Employee Attendance

noun a device used to measure and indicate time

verb to record the time at which one arrives at work by using a time clock

• Employees are required to clock in at the beginning of their shift.
• Don't forget to clock in when you arrive at work.
• Make sure to punch in when you get to work.
• She always seems to clock in right on time with her witty remarks.

noun a quick blow with the fist

verb to enter information or data into a computer or machine by pressing keys or buttons

preposition used to indicate the location or position where data is being entered, such as 'punch in the code'

• Employees are required to punch in when they arrive at work.
• Don't forget to punch in when you get to the office.
• Make sure you punch in as soon as you walk through the door.
• His words really packed a punch in the meeting.

noun a person who is absent or away, especially from work or school

• The company implemented a policy to address absenteeism among employees.
• John is known as the absentee in our group because he's always missing from meetings.
• Don't be an absentee at the party tonight, we all want you there!
• Her mind was often an absentee during the long meetings, lost in thoughts of her upcoming vacation.

noun a person who is not present or is missing

preposition indicating the reason for not being present or missing

• The employee was marked absent over leave for missing too many days without prior approval.
• She got in trouble for being absent over leave because she didn't show up to work last week.
• He was AWOL for the whole week, absent over leave and now he's in trouble.
• Her mind was absent over leave, lost in thoughts about her upcoming vacation.

verb A verb is a word that expresses an action, occurrence, or state of being. In this case, 'absents' is a verb that means to be away or not present.

• The employee's repeated absents from work led to disciplinary action.
• She's always making absents excuses for not coming to the party.
• He's been pulling absents from school all week.
• In his absents, the team struggled to make decisions without his leadership.