sickness benefit
Britishnoun
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(formerly, in the British National Insurance scheme) a weekly payment made to a person who had been off work through illness for more than three days and less than six months; replaced by incapacity benefit in 1995
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(in New Zealand) a payment made by the Department of Social Welfare to a person unable to work owing to a medical condition
Example Sentences
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Painfully thin, emaciated "with the cancer back" and on sickness benefit, she lives alone in Sunshine Lane.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2017
When Mrs Francis was diagnosed with terminal throat cancer, Mr Francis says Dunbar froze her sickness benefit account.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2015
But the employers can achieve the basic legal minimum wage for the state only by including in the calculation statutory benefits such as maternity pay and sickness benefit, and discretionary items such as free tea.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 20, 2013
Missing so many meals caused complications with his diabetes, leading the doctor to sign him off sick – though his sickness benefit still hadn't come through when he was interviewed in February.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 22, 2013
Such a law would provide a sickness benefit for a number of weeks, arrange for medical care, and, in case of death, pay a funeral benefit.
From Problems in American Democracy by Williamson, Thames Ross
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