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
In the absence of a federal law, workers rely on a patchwork of state laws or their private-sector employer for sick leave coverage.
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Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2025
Fraudulent claims also involve the Fuel Tax Credit, which is only available for off-highway business use, and self-employment or sick leave credits, which some fraudsters falsely promote on social media.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025
State employees are being asked to do the jobs of two or more people, not take breaks or sick leave, and to work double and even triple shifts.
—Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 14 Jan. 2025
Roughly a third of Volkswagen’s 300,000 domestic workers are covered by collective bargaining agreements that have secured robust benefits such as 30-day annual leave, six-week sick leave, maternity and paternity benefits, and retirement pay.
—Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Jan. 2025
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Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2025
Fraudulent claims also involve the Fuel Tax Credit, which is only available for off-highway business use, and self-employment or sick leave credits, which some fraudsters falsely promote on social media.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025
State employees are being asked to do the jobs of two or more people, not take breaks or sick leave, and to work double and even triple shifts.
—Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 14 Jan. 2025
Roughly a third of Volkswagen’s 300,000 domestic workers are covered by collective bargaining agreements that have secured robust benefits such as 30-day annual leave, six-week sick leave, maternity and paternity benefits, and retirement pay.
—Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sick leave
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“Sick leave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sick%20leave. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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