family leave

noun

: a usually unpaid leave of absence for an employee to attend to family concerns (such as a serious illness or the care of an infant)

Examples of family leave in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Police later took statements about the incident and created a report containing Sarabia’s account that the driver allegedly did not let the family leave the vehicle and then struck her and one of her kids, the complaint continued. —David Chiu, PEOPLE, 18 Apr. 2026

Following their loss, Stacy and her family leave Manhattan behind for the rural Madison River valley region of Montana in an effort to recover. —Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 3 Apr. 2026

Employees also reportedly remain with Sabrina Garments for 10 to 15 years in an industry plagued by high turnover, many of them returning after family leave. —Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 26 Mar. 2026

Teacher shortage Spellings said the biggest fix to to workforce shortages is creating incentives to retain and attract teachers, such as offering higher pay, childcare, paid family leave and retirement security. —Ashley Soebroto, Houston Chronicle, 7 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1968, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for family leave

• achieve
• believe
• conceive
• deceive
• naive
• perceive
• receive
• relieve
• reprieve
• retrieve
• breve
• cleave