Sick Leave (Noun)
Meaning
A leave of absence from work because of illness.
Classification
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
Examples
- Many companies have a sick leave policy to support employees who need time to recover from illness or injury.
- The company's human resources department tracks and monitors employee sick leave to avoid potential abuse of the system.
- After being diagnosed with a serious illness, she had to take an extended sick leave to undergo treatment and recover.
- All employees are entitled to a certain number of paid sick leave days per year as part of their benefits package.
- His manager reminded him to submit a doctor's note to validate his recent sick leave request.