DURING SICKNESS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 189, 12 August 1938, Page 9

DURING SICKNESS.

PAYMENT FROM FUND INCOME LIMIT OF £5. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES' PART. (By Telegraph —Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, this day. The rates of benefit to persona fully qualified for sickness benefits after the first week will be:—Under the age of 20, without dependants, 10/ a week; over the age of 20, without dependants, £1 0/9; for a married man and wife, £1 15/; parents with one child, £2; with two children, £2 5/; with three children, £2 10/; and an additional 5/ for each further cjiild under 16, with the maximum benefit for a man, his wife and nine or more children to be £4.

The rates provided will be adjusted according to the other income received during the period of sickness.

Every person will qualify who is temporarily incapacitated through sickness or accident which has caused a loss of earnings. If the applicant has to employ a substitute during liis illness, the wages paid to the substitute will be taken into account as a loss of earnings.

If the sick person also receives sick benefit from a friendly society he may, | in addition, receive the full benefit from the Social Security Fund, so long as his total income during sickness does not exceed £5 a week. Special provision is made for friendly societies to pay Social Security Sickness Benefits to their members on behalf of the Government. If the applicant receives sick pay from any other source, the full benefit from the Social Security Fund may also - be received, so long as his total income during sickness is not more than £5, or his actual loss of wages.

EMERGENCY BENEFITS: Persona who are unable to qualify for any other benefit and are not able to provide an adequate livelihood for themselves and their dependents by reason of age, or physical or mental disability, domestic circumstances, or for any other reason, will qualify for an emergency benefit if the special circumstances of a case render such a course desirable. A person may be transferred from a sickness or unemployment benefit to an emergency benefit.

In appropriate cases persons receiving an emergency benefit may receive training for an occupation, or treatment that will assist in the improvement of his physical and mental capacities. OVERSEAS PENSIONS: In the case of persons who are receiving pensions from overseas in respect of their disablement, or the death or disablement of any other person, may receive ' the benefit in New Zealand, if otherwise qualified, of the difference between the overseas pension and the New Zealand benefit. t