Definition of sick day
: a paid day of sick leave
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Teachers who work at schools that remain open are using sick days or personal days to participate in the walkout, and others are paying substitute teachers from their own pockets.
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Teachers and students plan to return on Wednesday, and some plan to use their sick days to keep protesting.
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Teachers also will no longer be able to put accumulated sick days toward retirement.
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If signed, the bill could limit the number of sick days teachers can put towards their retirement and there would be no change to the cost of living adjustment staying at 1.5 percent.
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The bill also limits the number of sick days teachers can put toward retirement and requires them to work longer before becoming eligible for retirement benefits.
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Limits the number of sick days teachers can put toward their retirement.
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Hancock, who hadn't used a single sick day in a decade, also missed three months of work.
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It also announced paid sick days for the first time, and wage raises after a U.S. corporate tax cut.
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First Known Use of sick day
1968
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: a paid day in which an employee does not work because he or she is sick
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