How to Use sick leave in a Sentence

sick leave

noun
Definition of sick leavenext
Synonyms for sick leavenext
  • He's been on sick leave since last Thursday.
  • We are allotted three weeks annual sick leave.
  • 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
  • Those with little or no sick leave may lose their jobs.
    — Steve Brozak, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Some workers and labor groups say the law deprives them of such rights as sick leave.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 14 Mar. 2023
  • That number has barely budged since the start of the pandemic, when 75% had paid sick leave.
    — Emily Barone, Time, 28 Sep. 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
  • 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
  • Domestic workers fell sick, and few had health care or sick leave.
    — New York Times, 16 Apr. 2022
  • Ashman returned to work on Wednesday after two days of sick leave.
    — NBC News, 8 Apr. 2022
  • This year, sick leave was at a record high with mental health being cited as the main reason for needing to take time off work.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 30 Dec. 2023
  • This pales in comparison to what the rest of the world does: 94% of countries guarantee paid sick leave to full-time workers, and 93% to part-time ones.
    — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 6 June 2023
  • Rail union leaders and workers were upset the sick leave was not included.
    — Jackie Kucinich, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Dec. 2022
  • For much of the labor force, though, remote work isn’t an option, and more than a fifth of American workers don’t have paid sick leave.
    — Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 1 July 2022
  • Benefits such as health insurance and paid sick leave are not available to most child care workers in the state.
    — Nicole Santa Cruz, ProPublica, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Much of the news coverage of the contract dispute focussed on the railroads’ refusal to grant their workers paid sick leave.
    — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2022
  • While the House approved the separate sick leave bill, the Senate rejected it on Thursday.
    — Malaika Jabali, Essence, 2 Dec. 2022
  • One measure would increase the state’s minimum wage and mandate sick leave.
    — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Siding with the bosses to deny workers paid sick leave and prevent a strike is not pro-labor.
    — Toluse Olorunnipa, Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Without widespread access to paid sick leave, some of us have to choose between taking care of our health and paying our bills.
    — Daniel Olayiwola, Fortune, 24 May 2022
  • There are also racial disparities in who holds jobs with access to paid sick leave.
    — Lindsay Lee Wallace, SELF, 6 Feb. 2023
  • There’s no holiday pay, no sick leave, no promotion, and no time off in lieu either.
    — Nell Frizzell, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The findings are based on an analysis of sick leave data from larger companies over the past five years.
    — Alain Sherter, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Less than one-quarter of Americans working in the private sector have paid sick leave.
    — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Ultimately, Lim says it’s about changing the tone around taking sick leave.
    — Alexa Mikhail, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2022
  • In the end, Congress imposed the contract on the unions, ignoring pleas from Senator Bernie Sanders that seven days of sick leave be added.
    — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Workplace Increases guaranteed paid sick leave from three days a year to five.
    — Calmatters, The Mercury News, 4 Jan. 2024

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