sick pay
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of sick pay
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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But Spencer says his business is being squeezed from every angle – as well as minimum wage, he has had increases in business rates, national insurance, and statutory sick pay.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
The union has accused the carmaker of poor working conditions, withholding sick pay and covert redundancies, all enabled by the lack of a collective agreement to protect workers.
From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026
It includes measures such as giving workers the right to sick pay and parental leave from their first day in a job, banning "exploitative" zero-hour contracts and strengthening the right to request flexible working.
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025
The government still plans to bring in new day-one rights to sick pay and paternity leave rights from April 2026.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2025
The microbe thus propagates its species until the entire East Coast of the US has billions and trillions of identical microbes costing our fragile economy untold millions of dollars in sick pay.
From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Schwartau, Winn
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