Descriptor English: | Sick Leave |
Descriptor Spanish: | Ausencia por Enfermedad |
Descriptor Portuguese: | Licença Médica |
Descriptor French: | Congé maladie |
Entry term(s): |
Day, Illness Day, Sick Days, Illness Days, Sick Disability Leave Disability Leaves Illness Day Illness Days Leave, Disability Leave, Sick Leaves, Disability Sick Day Sick Days |
Tree number(s): |
N01.824.417.700.662 N04.452.677.800.662 |
RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018582 |
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) |
Annotation: | permitted absence for sickness, often paid leave |
Allowable Qualifiers: |
CL classification EC economics HI history LJ legislation & jurisprudence SN statistics & numerical data TD trends |
Previous Indexing: |
Absenteeism (1966-1994) |
Public MeSH Note: | 95 |
History Note: | 95 |
DeCS ID: | 32027 |
Unique ID: | D018582 |
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents |
Date Established: | 1995/01/01 |
Date of Entry: | 1994/06/01 |
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Sick Leave
- Preferred
Disability Leave
- Broader
Sick Days
- Narrower
Concept UI |
M0027855 |
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) |
Preferred term | Sick Leave |
Entry term(s) |
Leave, Sick |
Concept UI |
M0027853 |
Preferred term | Disability Leave |
Entry term(s) |
Disability Leaves Leave, Disability Leaves, Disability |
Concept UI |
M0027854 |
Preferred term | Sick Days |
Entry term(s) |
Day, Illness Day, Sick Days, Illness Days, Sick Illness Day Illness Days Sick Day |
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