How to Use sick leave in a Sentence

sick leave

noun

• He's been on sick leave since last Thursday.
• We are allotted three weeks annual sick leave.
• Many don't have paid sick leave and need to keep up with their bills.
  — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 20 Jan. 2022
• White said the next day that her absence was due to a sick leave.
  — Jonathan M. Pitts, baltimoresun.com, 30 Oct. 2020
• The call for more paid sick leave was a major sticking point in the talks.
  — Kevin Freking and Josh Funk, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Nov. 2022
• And some of the big railroads will now offer paid sick leave.
  — Lee Powell, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
• My sick leave was six months of full pay and six months of half-pay per annum.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 3 July 2023
• At the end of each year, unused sick leave balance can be cashed out.
  — San Antonio Express-News, 22 Oct. 2021
• Those with little or no sick leave may lose their jobs.
  — Steve Brozak, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
• The update came on the same day that the King’s two-week sick leave ended, according to the palace.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 22 Apr. 2024
• As the days went by, Moore used up her sick leave, then her vacation days.
  — Maryam Jameel, ProPublica, 16 July 2021
• Some workers and labor groups say the law deprives them of such rights as sick leave.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 14 Mar. 2023
• Workers in three states are now entitled to paid sick leave for the first time.
  — Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech, The Hill, 6 Nov. 2024
• That number has barely budged since the start of the pandemic, when 75% had paid sick leave.
  — Emily Barone, Time, 28 Sep. 2022
• Both offices provide staffers with two weeks of sick leave.
  — Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2021
• No serious illness was found, but the monarch was on sick leave for two weeks.
  — Bloomberg.com, 25 Sep. 2020
• Too many parents, often those in low-wage jobs, don’t have paid sick leave.
  — Richard E. Besser, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2020
• People are going on sick leave, and more are staying on sick leave for longer.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune Europe, 10 Oct. 2024
• The changes to the minimum wage and sick leave laws slated to take effect next year were made by the Michigan Supreme Court.
  — Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 14 Dec. 2024
• For those who aren’t paid — about one-fifth of the U.S. workforce lacks sick leave — their jobs won’t be counted by the government.
  — Christopher Rugaber, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Jan. 2022
• The advent of remote work is also changing the culture around sick leave.
  — Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 23 Aug. 2023
• Now, the agreement—without the sick leave provision—goes to the White House, where Biden is expected to sign it.
  — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 1 Dec. 2022
• Even when paid sick leave is available, workers aren’t always made aware of it.
  — Anne D'innocenzio and Dee-Ann Durbin, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Jan. 2022
• Even when paid sick leave is available, workers aren't always made aware of it.
  — CBS News, 10 Jan. 2022
• By contrast, roughly half of workers on the low end of the wage scale lack paid sick leave or vacation time.
  — Elizabeth C. Tippett, Chron, 2 July 2022
• But many of the workers who benefit from sick leave policies can work from home.
  — Gabriel T. Rubin, WSJ, 4 Feb. 2022
• Domestic workers fell sick, and few had health care or sick leave.
  — New York Times, 16 Apr. 2022
• The restaurant is adding sick leave to its benefits package for staff.
  — Ian McNulty | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 8 Sep. 2020
• Shorter periods of sick leave are not as high but still make up almost half of the total amount–is France fast becoming the sick man of Europe?
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune Europe, 10 Oct. 2024
• Michigan lawmakers are working against the clock to make adjustments to tipped wages and paid sick leave after a court decision set the state laws to change drastically next month.
  — Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Jan. 2025