How to Use family leave in a Sentence

family leave

noun
Definition of family leavenext
  • Stewart acknowledged that the changes in her home life have made her much more understanding of employees who need family leave.
    — Don Stacom, courant.com, 5 Oct. 2020
  • And for companies, it’s put family leave in the spotlight and put the onus on them to help employees balance their careers and families.
    — Martina Cheung, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2020
  • The officers - who have been on the force for four years and two years, respectively -- are on medical and family leave, Wysocki said.
    — Fox News, 18 Sep. 2020
  • Staggering costs:America's parents want paid family leave and affordable child care.
    — Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2020
  • Possible areas of improvement are paid sick and family leave, more flexible work schedules and perhaps child-care subsidies.
    — Nicholas Christakis, WSJ, 16 Oct. 2020
  • Independent contractors give up most benefits that employees get, such as overtime or minimum-wage protections, paid sick time, family leave and the right to start or join a union.
    — Audrey McNamara, CBS News, 1 Jan. 2021
  • All emphasized the critical importance of addressing key gaps like accessible childcare and paid family leave.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2020
  • The senators' letter also underscores the critical lack of affordable child care and paid family leave that has exacerbated women's job loss.
    — Whizy Kim, refinery29.com, 2 Feb. 2021
  • One of the provisions that's not in the bill, that’s been dropped from the bill is paid family leave.
    — ABC News, 31 Oct. 2021
  • The Spurs will have a chance to do that once DeRozan returns from family leave.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Have the family leave at 7 a.m. and come back 12 hours later to a transformed pad.
    — Rodney Ho, ajc, 15 Aug. 2022
  • What the end of Roe v. Wade could mean in a nation without child care aid or family leave.
    — Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 9 May 2022
  • Dahlberg knows that Tallulah, a 9-month-old mixed breed, barks when her family leaves the house.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Many were not sick with the virus, but took family leave to deal with such things as child care needs and school closures during the pandemic.
    — oregonlive, 3 June 2021
  • All too often, the family leaves the synagogue as well.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Here are a few tips to set up your new business for success during family leave.
    — Stuf, Forbes, 1 July 2022
  • So Hardy set out to create the company's family leave plan.
    — Emma Hinchliffe and paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2022
  • Andrews texted the store manager to ask for family leave.
    — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 3 Mar. 2021
  • But the idea of keeping family leave and medical leave separate as conservatives have consistently advocated is a non-starter for many liberals.
    — Abby M. McCloskey, National Review, 29 Sep. 2020
  • On the other hand, our family leaves doors of unoccupied rooms open, and having a room closed off with no one in it bothers me a bit.
    — Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin, oregonlive, 17 June 2023
  • That same year, 62% of South Koreans that took family leave were women.
    — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2023
  • But there's also money for child care, paid family leave.
    — ABC News, 30 Jan. 2022
  • In recent years, Congress failed to pass both paid family leave and subsidized child-care.
    — Kelsey Butler, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Ramthun said paid family leave would help prevent behavioral issues later on in a child's life that could lead to more crime.
    — Corrinne Hess, Journal Sentinel, 24 July 2022
  • Paid family leave, however, was cut from the latest draft, which would mean the country would remain one of six in the world — and the only rich nation — without any form of it.
    — New York Times, 29 Oct. 2021
  • Advocates have long blamed the country's lack of universal preschool and paid family leave.
    — CBS News, 3 Jan. 2023
  • The transport worker union is demanding support in the form of police patrols and paid family leave.
    — Michelle Shen, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2021
  • Democrats jettisoned paid family leave from their social spending plan to help reduce the cost.
    — Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Despite their language barrier, the two become fast friends until his family leaves before the two can say a proper goodbye.
    — Sabienna Bowman, Peoplemag, 16 Apr. 2024
  • The former general manager of downtown Sacramento’s Punch Bowl Social has sued the entertainment company, claiming he was fired in retaliation for plans to take family leave.
    — Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 19 Apr. 2024

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