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
Further, the lawsuit alleges that because Welch and its subcontractors were improperly classifying employees as independent contractors, they were also illegally denied paid sick leave.
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Jenny Gathright, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
Connecticut first enacted paid sick leave in 2011, but the law only applied to employers with at least 50 workers in specific retail and service occupations.
—Gabby Debenedictis, Hartford Courant, 3 June 2024
Listen to this article Winnie Greco, a senior adviser to Mayor Adams who went on paid sick leave after her Bronx homes were raided by the FBI in February, recently returned to work at City Hall, the Daily News has learned.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 8 May 2024
In March, policymakers were forced to invent a plan for paid sick leave on the fly, a task that proved difficult amid a pandemic.
—Jason Furman, Foreign Affairs, 30 Nov. 2020
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Jenny Gathright, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
Connecticut first enacted paid sick leave in 2011, but the law only applied to employers with at least 50 workers in specific retail and service occupations.
—Gabby Debenedictis, Hartford Courant, 3 June 2024
Listen to this article Winnie Greco, a senior adviser to Mayor Adams who went on paid sick leave after her Bronx homes were raided by the FBI in February, recently returned to work at City Hall, the Daily News has learned.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 8 May 2024
In March, policymakers were forced to invent a plan for paid sick leave on the fly, a task that proved difficult amid a pandemic.
—Jason Furman, Foreign Affairs, 30 Nov. 2020
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“Sick leave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sick%20leave. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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