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A medical certificate or doctor's certificate [1] [2] is a written statement from a physician or another medically qualified health care provider which attests to the result of a medical examination of a patient. [3] It can serve as a sick note (UK: fit note) (documentation that an employee is unfit for work) or evidence of a health condition. [4]
Sick leave (or paid sick days or sick pay) is paid time off from work that workers can use to stay home to address their health needs without losing pay. It differs from paid vacation time or time off work to deal with personal matters, because sick leave is intended for health-related purposes.
Some workers report that they or a family member have been fired or suspended for missing work due to illness. [5] A 2020 paper found that requiring paid sick leave in the US likely increased overall well-being. [6] When paid sick leave is required by law, workers tended to take two more days off work each year. [6]
If you live in a state that does have a time-off-to-vote law, remember that “state law is the floor, not the ceiling (of what is required), and your employer may have a more generous policy ...
A woman has found herself in an icy dispute with her future daughter-in-law after refusing to request time off work to go dress shopping for the latter's wedding.
workers who need time off to care for seriously ill elderly relatives (other than parents), unless the relative was acting in loco parentis at the time the worker turned 18; [40] [41] workers who need time off to recover from short-term or common illness like a cold, or to care for a family member with a short-term illness; elected officials;
The cold-blooded killing of Brian Thompson was not the first time UnitedHealthcare has been at the center of a high-profile murder. ... on the station’s morning news program, capturing the sound ...
A 2018 study by Project: Time Off showed that US workers left 662 million vacation days unused. The study cited fear — fear of missing out, fear of returning to a pile of work, fear of being seen as under-performing, and fear of being seen as replaceable — as the most common reason why workers did not use their vacation time. [9]