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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Some workers and labor groups say the law deprives them of such rights as sick leave.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 14 Mar. 2023
• That number has barely budged since the start of the pandemic, when 75% had paid sick leave.
  — Emily Barone, Time, 28 Sep. 2022
• 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
• But many of the workers who benefit from sick leave policies can work from home.
  — Gabriel T. Rubin, WSJ, 4 Feb. 2022
• Domestic workers fell sick, and few had health care or sick leave.
  — New York Times, 16 Apr. 2022
• Ashman returned to work on Wednesday after two days of sick leave.
  — NBC News, 8 Apr. 2022
• Older firefighters tend to take more sick leave, Richards said.
  — Ringgold Volunteer Fire and Rescue, USA TODAY, 11 Nov. 2021
• This year, sick leave was at a record high with mental health being cited as the main reason for needing to take time off work.
  — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 30 Dec. 2023
• Ill workers who don’t have sick leave must decide whether to work and get paid or stay home and reduce the risk of getting others sick.
  — Harriet Torry, WSJ, 23 Jan. 2022
• This pales in comparison to what the rest of the world does: 94% of countries guarantee paid sick leave to full-time workers, and 93% to part-time ones.
  — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 6 June 2023
• Rail union leaders and workers were upset the sick leave was not included.
  — Jackie Kucinich, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Dec. 2022
• For much of the labor force, though, remote work isn’t an option, and more than a fifth of American workers don’t have paid sick leave.
  — Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 1 July 2022
• Benefits such as health insurance and paid sick leave are not available to most child care workers in the state.
  — Nicole Santa Cruz, ProPublica, 5 Jan. 2024
• Much of the news coverage of the contract dispute focussed on the railroads’ refusal to grant their workers paid sick leave.
  — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2022
• The city had agreed to return the fifth firefighter to the engine companies in 2018, but the extra member was pulled again to make up sick leave numbers and other personnel issues.
  — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 16 July 2024
• The legislation paves the way for a three-year phase-in of Connecticut’s sick leave requirements for companies with fewer than 50 employees.
  — Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2024

Last Updated: 3 Oct 2024