See also: sick note

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sicknote (plural sicknotes)

  1. Alternative form of sick note
    • 2000, Charles Barrow, John G. Duddington, Briefcase on Employment Law, page 108:
      Where an employee is off sick intermittently over a substantial period of time and the illness is not verified by appropriate sicknotes, should a resulting dismissal be for reason of misconduct or incapability?
    • 2015 July 20, Guardian sport, “Raheem Sterling denies he ‘threw a sicknote’ to force move to Manchester City”, in The Guardian[1]:
      Raheem Sterling has denied that he “threw a sicknote in” during his final days as a Liverpool player in order to force through his move to Manchester City .