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
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Figures released by the DWP in July showed that in November 2022, 516,000 people who were in receipt of a sickness benefit did not quality for PIP, 29% of all recipients.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2023
Linda receives £77 a week sickness benefit and does not have a private pension.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2022
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
Across Britain, the highest concentrations of sickness benefit claimants are in former industrial areas, where there are few new jobs.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 9, 2011
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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