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Hi, I would like to ask for your advice on whether the following email expression for informing supervisor on taking sick leave sounds rude and disrespect to the supervisor?
Dear xx,
I need to take a day sick leave today due to (sickness).
Best regards,
xxx
Welcome to the forum.
Please note my corrections above. Notwithstanding the fact that most companies require a phone call, rather than an email, in order to say that an employee is sick, I think your email is OK, if a bit curt. I would expect something like:
Dear [name of supervisor]
I'm sorry but I won't be able to come into work today because I have a cold/have a migraine/have been vomiting all night. I should be back tomorrow but I will let you know if I am still ill.
Regards
[name]
Remember - if you don't use correct capitalisation, punctuation and spacing, anything you write will be incorrect.