sick note
noun[C]
HR,WORKPLACEUKukusaletterfrom adoctortoyouremployerthat says that you are tooilltowork:
22 millionsicknotesarerequestedin the UK eachyear.
write/issueasicknote
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sick note
It can serve as asicknote(documentation that an employee is unfit for work) or evidence of a health condition.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Too many people can obtain asicknotewithout seeing the doctor.
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In any event, quite often the call is only to leave asicknote, or make an inquiry about a retirement pension.
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She was not entirely clear about what happens to asicknote.
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Sometimes they become too sympathetic to a person's social circumstances and agree to give him asicknote.
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They, and for that matter social security officers, cannot distinguish between a medical statement of their condition and asicknotewhich certifies that they are suffering from an illness.
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It occurred to me as a layman that a doctor with a long-standing relationship with a patient and his family might find it embarrassing to refuse asicknote.
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This is especially important at present when doctors ought to be relieved of much of the work involved in giving sick notes.
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The concern of adjudicators was also noted at the misuse of doctors' sick notes.
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