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
  • My sick leave was six months of full pay and six months of half-pay per annum.
    — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 3 July 2023
  • And some of the big railroads will now offer paid sick leave.
    — Lee Powell, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Over a third of black women do not have access to paid sick leave.
    — NBC News, 19 June 2020
  • At the end of each year, unused sick leave balance can be cashed out.
    — San Antonio Express-News, 22 Oct. 2021
  • The man has since been discharged but still remains away from the club on sick leave.
    — SI.com, 7 Oct. 2017
  • Too many parents, often those in low-wage jobs, don’t have paid sick leave.
    — Richard E. Besser, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2020
  • Domestic workers fell sick, and few had health care or sick leave.
    — New York Times, 16 Apr. 2022
  • Workers in three states are now entitled to paid sick leave for the first time.
    — Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech, The Hill, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Three are on sick leave and one has returned to active duty, a spokesman said.
    — Ashley Southall and Joseph Goldstein, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2017
  • No serious illness was found, but the monarch was on sick leave for two weeks.
    — Bloomberg.com, 25 Sep. 2020
  • People are going on sick leave, and more are staying on sick leave for longer.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune Europe, 10 Oct. 2024
  • And when Ding was not feeling well, my mother signed her sick leave forms.
    — Su Cici, Foreign Affairs, 10 May 2016
  • Some workers and labor groups say the law deprives them of such rights as sick leave.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 14 Mar. 2023
  • As the days went by, Moore used up her sick leave, then her vacation days.
    — Maryam Jameel, ProPublica, 16 July 2021
  • Petersen says paid sick leave would help enormously.
    — Andrea Hsu, NPR, 16 June 2026
  • Wendy Williams, who's been on sick leave, announced a return date and a guest host.
    — Christie D'zurilla, latimes.com, 10 Mar. 2018
  • But many of the workers who benefit from sick leave policies can work from home.
    — Gabriel T. Rubin, WSJ, 4 Feb. 2022
  • The restaurant is adding sick leave to its benefits package for staff.
    — Ian McNulty | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 8 Sep. 2020
  • Employees will not be able to use sick leave, vacation time or comp time.
    — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • To join the sick bank, employees must donate 16 hours of sick leave for the first year.
    — Anna Beahm | [email protected], al, 19 June 2020
  • The advent of remote work is also changing the culture around sick leave.
    — Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Among those on sick leave are nearly one in four of the city's EMS members.
    — NBC News, 5 Apr. 2020
  • 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
  • For low-wage workers, the choices are even more limited, with no work from home or sick leave options.
    — Yassamin Ansari, Time, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The county bill guarantees, in essence, an hour of sick leave for every 40 hours or work.
    — Alexandra Kukulka, chicagotribune.com, 26 Dec. 2017
  • That number has barely budged since the start of the pandemic, when 75% had paid sick leave.
    — Emily Barone, Time, 28 Sep. 2022

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