administrative leave

English

Noun

administrative leave (usually uncountable, plural administrative leaves)

  1. A leave of absence under unusual circumstances, especially such leave that is enforced during a disciplinary investigation.
    • 2025 February 6, Karoun Demirjian, Aishvarya Kavi, “Trump Administration to Lay Off Nearly All of USAID Staff”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN:
      The moves also came just one day before almost all of the agency’s direct hires, including its roster of Foreign Service officers, will be put on indefinite administrative leave.

References

  • OED 2006
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