sick time

noun

: the number of days per year for which an employer agrees to pay workers who are unable to work because they are sick

three weeks annual sick time

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Among the changes are requirements for retailers to sell cage-free eggs, minimum wage increases, sick time for workers and more. —

Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 3 Jan. 2025 Informal workers, who are often poorly compensated and lack sick time, simply can’t afford to follow stay-at-home orders. —

Diana Enriquez, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2020 That might differ from actual hours worked, since staffers might have picked up extra shifts or taken vacation or sick time that wasn’t entered into the system. —

Curtis Heinzl, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2024 There is no federal law that entitles workers to paid time off, and fewer than 20 states now have enacted paid sick time laws. —

Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech, The Hill, 6 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sick time