sick leave

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sick leave

Paid or unpaid absence from work allowed an employee because of sickness.

sick leave

Leave from duty granted to an officer to recover from sickness or injury, or to receive authorised medical treatment (except hospitalisation).

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According to the figures, the share of total social benefits spent on paid sick leave was 8.

Hospital cleaners down tools as say can't take leave

While employers who don't currently offer paid sick leave might balk at the costs, a substantial body of research suggests paid sick days might effectively pay for themselves by reducing overall rates of absenteeism.

Not offering sick leave makes flu season worse

Employees may use paid sick leave to care for themselves or family members.

Member employers be aware! New rules began January 1st

Among all the 43 police forces across England and Wales, there was a police officer on long-term sick leave for every 52, or 1.

Forces top table for sick leave

Under the new Los Angeles ordinance, employees generally will begin to accrue paid sick leave on July 1, 2016.

Local sick leave ordinances can be confusing if there's a state law

The Labour Law does provide an employer with the right to terminate an employee's service at the end of the twelfth week of sick leave if it is proved by a report issued by a competent physician that the employee is unable to resume employment.

Sick leave under the Qatar Labour Law

On the state level, Connecticut passed a mandatory sick leave law in 2012, and the movement is gaining momentum, with California, Massachusetts, and Oregon enacting laws in the past two years.

Germ theory: Nicolas Ziebarth researches the effects of sick leave legislation

Under the sick leave law, all employers must adopt a written sick leave policy that outlines the company's sick leave benefit.

With the new year comes new rules for employers

City council outreach on the topic culminated in a public listening session in November where opponents and advocates packed council chambers to speak about what paid sick leave would mean for them.

City council to advocate for statewide paid sick leave: after months of discussing a city ordinance, council changed course last month

A CLINICAL psychologist defrauded the NHS by seeing private patients while being on sick leave with a bad back from her health board job, a jury has been told.

Psychologist denies working while on sick

Garden State legislators are considering a bill that would require all New Jersey employers to provide paid sick leave to their workers.

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Dubai: A police corporal, who forged a sick leave certificate and submitted it to his superiors to go on vacation, won a suspended imprisonment on grounds of leniency on Wednesday.