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Walk It Through: The Sick Day

One hour for every 30 worked, up to 40 a year, and use from the 120th day.

A cook at a restaurant wakes up with the flu.

Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.

One restaurant and two workers. Documentation, notice to the employer, pay at the end of a job, and retaliation are not worked through here.

A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.

Words this turns on

Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.