How to Use sick pay in a Sentence

sick pay

noun
  • Those unable to work from home will be eligible for sick pay.
    — Ted Mann and Adam Martin, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2020
  • When she was injured on the job and had to stay home for eight days with stitches in both legs, there was no sick pay.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2022
  • As of May 20, just one worker is known to have been approved for sick pay.
    — Eoin O'Carroll, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 July 2020
  • Millions earned rock-bottom wages, and didn’t get sick pay or health benefits.
    — Emily Peck, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2021
  • But there is no steady paycheck, no health insurance, no sick pay, and no vacation pay.
    — Nancy Dahlberg, chicagotribune.com, 6 Sep. 2017
  • That means employees who stayed home but did not get sick pay will not be counted as employed in the jobs report.
    — Matt Egan, CNN, 4 Feb. 2022
  • No steady paycheck, no health insurance, no sick pay, no vacation pay.
    — Nancy Dahlberg, miamiherald, 31 Aug. 2017
  • The union is fighting for better wages and sick pay, pension increases and better health care.
    — Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 7 Dec. 2025
  • Workers offered the most generous sick pay take the most absences, and those offered the least, take the least.
    — Megan Carnegie, Wired, 31 Mar. 2022
  • However, in a country where statutory sick pay is getting worse, this is nothing but a pipe dream.
    — Megan Carnegie, Wired, 31 Mar. 2022
  • At the center of the dispute are better wages and sick pay, pension increases and better health care.
    — Ross Dimattei, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Gig workers miss out on rights that employees have, such as sick pay and protection against unfair dismissal.
    — The Economist, 20 Feb. 2018
  • Drivers will earn one hour of sick pay for every 30 hours worked, up to a maximum of 56 hours per year.
    — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2023
  • And this is especially true among lower-wage workers, some of whom may not have been eligible for sick pay.
    — Matt Egan, CNN, 4 Feb. 2022
  • In Canada, provinces are in charge of sick pay itself, and 58% of workers have no access.
    — Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Feb. 2021
  • For driver advocates, sick pay has been the hot button labor issue of the pandemic.
    — Aarian Marshall, Wired, 7 June 2020
  • Gig-economy workers miss out on the rights that employees have, such as sick pay and protection against unfair dismissal.
    — The Economist, 20 Feb. 2018
  • The House made slight changes to the measure on Monday, limiting sick pay to fewer employees.
    — Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner, 17 Mar. 2020
  • Delta cut its covid sick pay and isolation policy in accordance with the new guidance the last week of December.
    — Courtney Vinopal, Quartz, 13 Jan. 2022
  • Providing sick pay for workers is a crucial element of federal efforts to stop the rapid spread of the infection.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 15 Mar. 2020
  • San Francisco has had a law on its books mandating sick pay for employees since 2006.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2021
  • Sticking points of the current negotiations include better sick pay for workers and a two-year contract, instead of just one.
    — Brandon Goldner, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
  • As Covid-19 spread in meat plants, Prestage spent heavily on safety gear, sick pay and testing employees.
    — Jacob Bunge, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2020
  • For two years, the state of California has dissuaded sick people from showing by guaranteeing sick pay to those who caught the virus while on the job.
    — Karen Kaplanscience and Medicine Editor dec. 20, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2022
  • The agreement provides sick pay as well as requirements for testing, vaccination and masking on film and TV shows.
    — Anousha Sakouistaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2022
  • With a depressed father whose sick pay is barely covering the rent, money runs out and Joanna sets off to hunt for money to pay for her medication.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 25 Oct. 2022
  • With a depressed father whose sick pay is barely covering the rent, money runs out and Joanna sets off to hunt for money to pay for her medication.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 15 Dec. 2021
  • The rank and file members of both unions have rejected the tentative agreements reached with the railroads in September, mostly over the lack of sick pay in the contracts.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Business groups pushed to require a positive coronavirus test to qualify for Hours 41 through 80 of sick pay.
    — Karen Kaplan Science and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2022
  • Aside from holiday benefits, the woman said she was similarly denied compensation for sick pay.
    — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 1 May 2026

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