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
  • The infirm have been forced to work absent paid sick leave.
    — Edwin Amenta, The Conversation, 26 June 2020
  • 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
  • To join the sick bank, employees must donate 16 hours of sick leave for the first year.
    — Anna Beahm | Abeahm@al.com, al, 19 June 2020
  • 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
  • Over a third of black women do not have access to paid sick leave.
    — NBC News, 19 June 2020
  • 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.
    — CBS News, 10 Jan. 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Having hundreds of officers out on permanent injury or sick leave, plus dozens more detailed to various specialized task forces, has exacerbated the staffing crunch.
    — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025

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