sick pay

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noun

wages or other compensation received from an employer during an illness.

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Origin of sick pay

First recorded in 1885–90

OTHER WORDS FROM sick pay

sick-pay, adjective

Words nearby sick pay

sickness, sickness benefit, sick note, sicko, sickout, sick pay, sickroom, sick to one's stomach, sic passim, sic semper tyrannis, sic transit gloria mundi

How to use sick pay in a sentence

It aimed to provide limited benefits such as a wage promise and health insurance stipend in exchange for classifying drivers as independent, barring them from employee protections such as sick pay and workers’ compensation.
Gig workers and unions sue in California Supreme Court to have Prop 22 overturned|Faiz Siddiqui|January 12, 2021|Washington Post
Even furloughed workers are encouraged to call in sick where applicable to claim full sick pay rather than their percentage of furlough salary, according to other agency sources.
‘An unhealthy level of guilt’: Culture of presentism is making it harder to justify taking sick days|Jessica Davies|December 16, 2020|Digiday
In March, some employees held a one-day sickout, pushing for better sick pay and health-care coverage, especially for part-time workers.
How to Succeed by Being Authentic (Hint: Carefully) (Ep. 438)|Stephen J. Dubner|November 5, 2020|Freakonomics
For years, millions of low-paid gig workers have been denied sick pay and health insurance by companies that intentionally misclassify them as contract workers.
To fix racial bias in the gig economy, start with the rating systems|John H. Chuang|September 24, 2020|Quartz

One of the misconceptions is that somehow or another through this pandemic, McDonald’s workers haven’t been able to get sick pay.
McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski on Changing Consumer Behavior and the Future of Those Ball Pits|Eben Shapiro|August 2, 2020|Time
And not just sick in the body but in your mind, because you start obsessing.
How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze|Lizzie Crocker|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I was sick in street gutters, onto my desk, at dinners with friends.
I Tried to Warn You About Sleazy Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in 2003|Vicky Ward|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
We are the sick ones who torment trans people every day of their lives.
Cover-Ups and Concern Trolls: Actually, It's About Ethics in Suicide Journalism|Arthur Chu|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I was declared innocent, and they said I should pay $104,000.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The escort site Cowboys4Angels peddles chiseled, hot-bodied men and their smoldering model looks to women willing to pay.
Career-Minded Women Turn to Male Escorts For No-Strings Fun and (Maybe) Sex|Aurora Snow|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The Duchess had also a tent for their sick men; so that we had a small town of our own here, and every body employed.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (1801)|Daniel Defoe
I suppose he is sick of the sound of them, or perhaps it is because he feels obliged to be conscientious in teaching Beethoven!
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
Now, on my first day here, you pay me back for what I did then—as if it needed paying back!
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson
After the battle of the Pyramids he fell sick, and before the Syrian expedition, applied to return to France.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
“We shall make Mr. Pickwick pay for peeping,” said Fogg, with considerable native humour, as he unfolded his papers.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)|Charles Dickens

British Dictionary definitions for sick pay

sick pay

noun

wages paid to an employee while he is on sick leave

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