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Population Characteristics > Socioeconomic Factors > Income > Salaries and Fringe Benefits > Sick Leave
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Sociology > Sociological Factors > Socioeconomic Factors > Income > Salaries and Fringe Benefits > Sick Leave
... > Health Occupations > Health Services Administration > Organization and Administration > Personnel Management > Salaries and Fringe Benefits > Sick Leave

Preferred term

Sick Leave  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Day, Sick
  • Days, Sick
  • Disability Leave
  • Disability Leaves
  • Leave, Disability
  • Leaves, Disability
  • Sick Day
  • Sick Days

Note

  • permitted absence for sickness, often paid leave

Scope note

  • 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)

History note

  • 95

In other languages

  • sairausloma

    Finnish

  • sairasloma
  • sairauspoissaolo
  • sairauspoissaolot
  • sjukfrånvaro
  • sjukledighet
  • sjukskrivning
  • Sjukfrånvaro

    Swedish

  • Sjukdagar
  • Sjukskrivning

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018582

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