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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Linda receives £77 a week sickness benefit and does not have a private pension.
From BBC • Oct. 14, 2022
His doctor says he is too sick to work after a near-fatal heart attack, but the Department for Work and Pensions decides he is not entitled to sickness benefit.
From The Guardian • Oct. 15, 2016
When Mrs Francis was diagnosed with terminal throat cancer, Mr Francis says Dunbar froze her sickness benefit account.
From BBC • Sep. 13, 2015
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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