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Definition of Sick leave
1. Noun. A leave of absence from work because of illness.
Definition of Sick leave
1. Noun. Paid absence from work specifically to recover from illness. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Sick leave
1. An absence from work permitted because of illness or the number of days per year for which an employer agrees to pay employees who are sick. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sick Leave
Literary usage of Sick leave
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Opportunity 2000: Creative Affirmative Action Strategies for a Changing (1988)
"Flexible Vacation and sick leave Giving employees flexibility in scheduling paid
time off can be another attractive recruiting and retention tool, ..."
2. The Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament (1905)
"{COMMONS} sick leave in the Post Office- MR CLAUDE HAY (Shoreditch, Hox- tna) :
To ask the Poe: master-General whether the periods of annual leave and bank ..."
3. Annual Report by United States Civil Service Commission (1898)
"The bead of any of the Executive Departments may, in his discretion, grant thirty
days annual and thirty days sick leave, with pay, in any one year, ..."
4. Principles Governing the Retirement of Public Employees by Lewis Meriam (1918)
"Suggestions regarding methods of safeguarding a privilege Protecting of extended
sick leave are of manifest importance. Federal authorities at Washington ..."
5. Personal Narrative of Explorations and Incidents in Texas, New Mexico by John Russell Bartlett (1854)
"... the Apaches—General Carrasco's opinion of American officers—The Doctor beset
by the sick—Leave ..."
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