sick leave
noun
1
: an absence from work permitted because of illness
2
: the number of days per year for which an employer agrees to pay employees who are sick
Examples of sick leave in a Sentence
employee benefits such as vacation time and sick leave
We are allotted three weeks annual sick leave.
He's been on sick leave since last Thursday.
Recent Examples on the Web
About 40% of working adults with a cancer history didn't get paid sick leave from an employer.
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Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2024
The update came on the same day that the King’s two-week sick leave ended, according to the palace.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 22 Apr. 2024
Food delivery app Deliveroo is spending about $230,000 on childcare benefits for a thousand of its U.K. workers after years of lobbying to avoid sick leave and PTO mandates.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2024
Related Articles Gonzalez cites legislation raising minimum wages for fast food workers and those in health care, increasing paid sick leave from three days a year to five and allowing legislative staffers to unionize, as union victories last year.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2024
Will an employee still get health insurance and paid sick leave?
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
He recently was fitted with a prosthetic but is currently on sick leave and has medical boards ahead of him.
—Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN, 14 Feb. 2024
Another is working with them on flexible sick leave policies and strategies, including remote work when folks are sick to reduce the spread of these viruses and other germs.
—Rhett Buttle, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
The government also launched the Economic Injury Disaster Loans program to help businesses cover payroll expenses, sick leave, production costs, debt, rent and mortgage costs.
—Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2023
Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2024
The update came on the same day that the King’s two-week sick leave ended, according to the palace.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 22 Apr. 2024
Food delivery app Deliveroo is spending about $230,000 on childcare benefits for a thousand of its U.K. workers after years of lobbying to avoid sick leave and PTO mandates.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2024
Related Articles Gonzalez cites legislation raising minimum wages for fast food workers and those in health care, increasing paid sick leave from three days a year to five and allowing legislative staffers to unionize, as union victories last year.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2024
Will an employee still get health insurance and paid sick leave?
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
He recently was fitted with a prosthetic but is currently on sick leave and has medical boards ahead of him.
—Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN, 14 Feb. 2024
Another is working with them on flexible sick leave policies and strategies, including remote work when folks are sick to reduce the spread of these viruses and other germs.
—Rhett Buttle, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
The government also launched the Economic Injury Disaster Loans program to help businesses cover payroll expenses, sick leave, production costs, debt, rent and mortgage costs.
—Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2023
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“Sick leave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sick%20leave. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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