sick time
noun
: the number of days per year for which an employer agrees to pay workers who are unable to work because they are sick
three weeks annual sick time
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The partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security — which funds and oversees TSA — led to hundreds of TSA officers quitting nationwide, while others used sick time.
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Kyle Burton, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
These best practices can help encourage a workplace environment that supports work-life balance:
Review company policies: Rules around vacation, sick time, scheduling, and other time off can have unnecessary obstacles.
—Bob Helbig, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2026
That means, incredibly, Pinkham did not use over a year-and-a-half’s worth of combined vacation and sick time, for a total of 487.52 eight-hour work days.
—Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 4 Jan. 2026
Dahlstrom will receive six months’ salary of about $96,600, a year of health and dental insurance of $14,100, unused vacation pay of $19,700, and unused sick time, which will be put into his state health care savings account, totaling about $33,500.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 3 Dec. 2025
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Kyle Burton, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
These best practices can help encourage a workplace environment that supports work-life balance:
Review company policies: Rules around vacation, sick time, scheduling, and other time off can have unnecessary obstacles.
—Bob Helbig, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2026
That means, incredibly, Pinkham did not use over a year-and-a-half’s worth of combined vacation and sick time, for a total of 487.52 eight-hour work days.
—Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 4 Jan. 2026
Dahlstrom will receive six months’ salary of about $96,600, a year of health and dental insurance of $14,100, unused vacation pay of $19,700, and unused sick time, which will be put into his state health care savings account, totaling about $33,500.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 3 Dec. 2025
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“Sick time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sick%20time. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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