Voluntary absence includes any absence from work not directed by the employer or the employer's agent and not designed or planned by the employer or the employee to evade minimum wage standards. Voluntary absence does not include any absence contemplated in the employment contract or incurred as a condition of continued employment; or at the direction or suggestion of the employer or his agent; or recurrent or periodic absence, except such absence for medical treatment under a doctor's care.
N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 12 §§ 142-2.15