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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Lower priorities might be a specific amount of vacation or sick time.
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Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2024
The United States is alone among its peer countries in not guaranteeing workers paid sick time or family and medical leave.
—Monica Potts, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2024
For example, some companies choose to have more lenient sick time for their employees, instead of outright calling it menstrual leave.
—Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 7 Oct. 2024
In 2018, along with the minimum wage petition initiative, another petition effort sought to expand paid sick time in Michigan.
—Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 20 Sep. 2024
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Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2024
The United States is alone among its peer countries in not guaranteeing workers paid sick time or family and medical leave.
—Monica Potts, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2024
For example, some companies choose to have more lenient sick time for their employees, instead of outright calling it menstrual leave.
—Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 7 Oct. 2024
In 2018, along with the minimum wage petition initiative, another petition effort sought to expand paid sick time in Michigan.
—Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 20 Sep. 2024
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“Sick time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sick%20time. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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