sick leave

Example Sentences

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My father said he bet that was in the teachers’ contracts along with sick leave and medical benefits: only one Herdman at a time.

From Literature

"I took sick leave from work, I closed myself in at home. I didn't want to leave. I didn't want people to see me."

From BBC

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