sick leave

Example Sentences

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You should take sick leave when you don’t feel mentally or physically capable of working.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

During times when people were taking semaglutide, psychiatric-related hospital care and sick leave dropped by 42% compared with periods when they were not using these medications.

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

Toward the end of the shutdown, Joshua broke down in the office of one of his supervisors and requested sick leave, Davy said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

She took sick leave from work, as she had done for a previous miscarriage at eight weeks, because "there was no other provision".

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

“They get holidays, don’t they? And — and sick leave, and pensions, and everything?”

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling