: salary or wages paid to an employee while on sick leave
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The complaint claims that workers immediately lost their jobs, benefits, and access to company systems at that time, and were owed accrued vacation and sick pay.—Abc News, ABC News, 14 May 2026 Aside from holiday benefits, the woman said she was similarly denied compensation for sick pay.—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 1 May 2026 By misclassifying these workers as independent contractors, says the complaint, Campbell’s deprives them of the bundle of rights employees enjoy, including minimum wage, overtime, expense reimbursement and sick pay.—Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026 The union is fighting for better wages and sick pay, pension increases and better health care.—Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 7 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sick pay