Illinois employers can generally require employees to provide a doctor’s note to excuse sick time, in some cases, if the employee has missed more than three consecutive days of work.

Illinois employers can generally require employees to provide a doctor’s note to excuse sick time, in some cases, if the ...

EPA places 139 employees on leave for allegedly signing misleading letter using official titles, following Trump administration's firing of 500 EPA staff and elimination of DEI departments.

The letter “Sick leave expansion is anti- business” (June 18, TribLive) fundamentally misunderstands the expansion of Pittsburgh’s Paid Sick Days Act.

A version of this article appears in print on June 29, 2025, Page 14 of the Sunday Magazine with the headline: Can I Use Sick Leave if I’m Not Actually Sick?.

This week's letters call on politicians and others to do better when it comes to preserving programs and history that benefit the community.

Sick Pay Calculations: LB415 clarifies how employers should calculate paid sick time for certain workers with non-traditional compensation structures.

Missouri lawmakers voted to repeal sick leave protections approved by voters in the Proposition A ballot measure, after Republicans stopped a Democrat-led filibuster.

Corey O’Connor is claiming credit for Pittsburgh’s paid sick leave policy in TV ads and mailers in his campaign against Mayor Ed Gainey. But the truth is, he almost killed it. I know ...

Letter: Let me be blunt: We cannot afford to provide both vacation and mandated sick time.

Letter: Sick leave is generally a good idea for salaried employees, but it is an awful idea for commission-based work.

We break down which employers have to offer sick days, what rights employees have and how Proposition A has overcome legal challenges.