| 11. | Punta Gorda Middle School, which also sustained major damage, reported a 12 percent absentee rate.
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| 12. | The plant at Willow Run was also beset with labor difficulties, high absentee rates, and rapid employee turnover.
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| 13. | Many companies, however, have noticed an improvement in absentee rates after adopting programs such as flextime and job sharing.
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| 14. | Twenty-one percent of the enrolled students stayed home, compared to the usual absentee rate of about five percent.
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| 15. | Still, many companies think that sweetening the pot may lower the absentee rate, or at least head off resentment.
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| 16. | In Dallas, where no schools reported absentee rates more than 10 percent, spokesman Donny Claxton also reported normal circumstances.
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| 17. | Now, many private companies, faced with government pressure, are starting to pay serious attention to cutting absentee rates.
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| 18. | A district fund that rewards schools with a low absentee rate among teachers will pay for the rest of the computer lab.
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| 19. | At New Bedford High School Monday, about 40 percent of the students stayed home _ three times the usual absentee rate.
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| 20. | New Jersey's school certification process covers a variety of elements from student performance on state tests to teacher-absentee rates.
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