call in sick

1. Telephone one's employer or school that one is ill and cannot come to work or attend. For example, Ben called in sick and told his boss he would miss the meeting. [Mid-1900s]

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And robots — which don’t call in sick, take bathroom breaks, take vacations or need healthcare — are a huge boon to employers.

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Proteus doesn’t call in sick, doesn’t file workers’ comp and doesn’t require bathroom breaks.

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With nearly 1,200 flights cancelled on Tuesday as unpaid air traffic controllers call in sick because of the funding deadlock, lawmakers are finding other ways to reach Washington.

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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has warned that commercial airline traffic is going to become chaotic as more air traffic controllers, unpaid during the shutdown, call in sick.

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In turn, that often prompts those employees to call in sick or skip work for other reasons, as was the case during the 2018-19 shutdown.

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