sick leave

American  

noun

1. leave from duty, work, or the like, granted because of illness.

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sick leave British  

noun

1. leave of absence from work through illness

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Etymology

Origin of sick leave

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

Businesses should be worried about it, he suggests, since their employees and customers are at risk, and public finances are impacted by healthcare and sick leave costs linked to loneliness.

From BBC

Seidel took sick leave from his newspaper delivery job, packed tools and a week’s worth of bread and cheese, and moved into the cellar of a building on the western side of the wall.

From Literature

"The pain can be so severe I can be left completely bedbound and if that happens I can't work and have taken long periods of sick leave," she told the BBC.

From BBC

"What we're finding is, because there's 63% taking sick leave, that is having an impact on businesses, there's a cost for the disruption of this absence."

From BBC

Taiwanese authorities and Eva Air are investigating her death, focusing on whether she was denied medical help or discouraged from taking sick leave.

From BBC