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.
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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.
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Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Jan. 2025
The credit equals 100% of up to two weeks (to a maximum of 80 hours) of the qualified sick leave wages and up to 12 weeks of the qualified family leave wages that an employer paid for employers who took leave.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2025
Handelsblatt reported that sick leave at Tesla’s German factory increased 17% in August, triple the average in the Germany auto industry.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2024
Farmworker sick leave Senate Bill 1105 allows California farmworkers to use sick time when environmental conditions prove too hazardous for work to be done safely.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2025
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Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Jan. 2025
The credit equals 100% of up to two weeks (to a maximum of 80 hours) of the qualified sick leave wages and up to 12 weeks of the qualified family leave wages that an employer paid for employers who took leave.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2025
Handelsblatt reported that sick leave at Tesla’s German factory increased 17% in August, triple the average in the Germany auto industry.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2024
Farmworker sick leave Senate Bill 1105 allows California farmworkers to use sick time when environmental conditions prove too hazardous for work to be done safely.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2025
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“Sick leave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sick%20leave. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.
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