paid leave
Salary during time-off
Paid leave is time off from work during which an employee continues to receive their regular wages or salary.
It covers various circumstances—vacation, illness, parental responsibilities, bereavement—depending on employer policy or legal requirements.
She took two weeks of paid leave after the baby was born.
Distinguished from unpaid leave, where the job is protected but compensation stops.
- overtime payCompensation for excess hours
- mental health dayAbsence for psychological rest
- short-term disabilityBrief inability to work
- minimum wageLowest lawful hourly rate
- health insuranceProtection against medical costs
holiday · FMLA · sabbatical · personal days · bereavement · equal pay · mourning period · job security · workers' rights · union contract · doctor's note · collective bargaining · rest days · time off · out of office · time off request · workplace safety · salary
- employmentjob, jobs, career, careers, interview
- labor economicsjob market, labor supply, labor demand, employment rates, unemployment rates
- employee benefitshealth insurance, pension, 401k, 401(k), retirement
- employee compensationsalary, pay, base pay, base salary, gross pay
- employee entitlementshealth insurance, vacation, holidays, retirement plan, pension
- labor rightsworker rights, labor laws, union rights, employee rights, right to strike
paid leaveactive duty
Current military employment status
working hours · on the clock · on the job · at work · full-time employment
paid leavetermination
Act of ending something
layoff · dismissal · firing · unemployment · job loss