PAY PROVISIONS

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 272, 17 November 1941, Page 2

PAY PROVISIONS

SOLDIERS' SICKNESS NEW CONDITIONS APPLY The division of members of the army serving in New Zealand into three groups for the purpose of pay in the event of sickness is provided for in instructions issued by army headquarters during the week-end. Those in the first group will receive full pay for three months if the illness was considered likely to cease during that time. Should such not be considered to be the case after medical examination the soldier will receive 14 days' pay. and be discharged. The men included in this group are those who are accommodated in camps or barracks on fulltime service, but who do not receive the subsistence allowance.

Men in the second group consist of those who are not under military control for 24 hours of the day, and who are not quartered in camps or barracks. They include the regular force employed at army, district, area and sub-area headquarters; the Territorial Force mobilised for continuous service, but receiving subsistence allowance; and temporary staff and temporary employment staff, the National Military Reserve and Guards Vital Points, who are also paid the subsistence allowance.

Cases Considered on Merits Where sickness is attributable to or aggravated by military service, the army will consider each case on its merits. Account will be taken of any factor which showed that the soldier had been subjected to greater exposure to unusual risks than those incidental to his occupation. In the case of men in the second group it is provided that if their sickness was not likely to clear within three months they would be discharged after receiving 14 days' pay. Where liability was accepted by the army, pay would be on the following scale:—Under three months' service, one week on full pay; over three months and under six months, two weeks' full pay; over six and under nine months, one month's full pay: over nine months and under five years, one month's full pay and one month's half pay. Two-thirds Civil Pay

In the third group are members of the Territorial Force and the National Military Reserve when no in receipt of army pay, and betwec the time they are attested and me-i cally examined and the time they a: to report in camp for train inLiability has to be accepted by th army before pay provisions cs operate. Where illness is acceptc as army liability the men affectc would be paid compensation untie the Workers' Compensation Ac which is up to 66 2-3 of the civil pa received.