Health Care

Sick Leave

An absence from work permitted because of illness or the number of days per year for which an employer agrees to pay employees who are sick. (Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, 1981)

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

An absence from work permitted because of illness or the number of days per year for which an employer agrees to pay employees who are sick. (Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, 1981)

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Synonyms

13 entry terms
  • Leave, Sick
  • Disability Leave
  • Illness Days
  • Sick Days
  • Day, Illness
  • Day, Sick
  • Days, Illness
  • Days, Sick
  • Disability Leaves
  • Illness Day
  • Leave, Disability
  • Leaves, Disability
  • Sick Day

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Aspects Covered

6 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

permitted absence for sickness, often paid leave

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History Note

95

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Previous Indexing

  • Absenteeism (1966-1994)

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Tree Numbers

  1. N01.824w.417w.700w.662w
  2. N04w.452.677w.800w.662w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Sick Leave. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018582. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018582
  2. Sick Leave. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sick_leave
  3. Sick Leave. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q464163