sick note

British  

noun

1. informal a document given to an employer certifying that an employee's absence from work of more than four days was due to illness. If the absence is for more than seven days the note must be signed by a doctor See also self-certification

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The inquest heard Cusack had a sick note from a doctor to have time off playing part-time and her full-time marketing job at Sheffield United.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

Several pointed out that it was easier and quicker to sign off a sick note than to deal with a complaint for refusing.

From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026

I had a commission — to write an essay about marble — that was a sort of sick note, an excuse to abscond from writing anything else.

From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2022

So they again have written themselves a sick note.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2020

“I need a sick note for today,” I say.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King