AFTER SEVEN DAYS
SOCIAL SECURITY.
NO "SHORT SICKNESS" PAY. Winter colds and severe attacks of influenza that have caused several days' loss to many breadwinners has raised the question of whether or not Social Security benefits make provision for short terms of sickness. Inquiries made by a representative of the Wellington "Post" reveal that such provision, although undoubtedly it would be of great value to the family man on low wages, was not made under the Act because of the cost involved. When the Social Security Act was being framed, it was considered that payment of sickness benefits for short terms of sickness would cost a great deal because short sicknesses are much more common than prolonged illnesses, and a "stand-down" period of seven days was decided upon. This means that a worker who becomes sick has to wait seven days before any sickness benefit is payable, and payments are then made from the eighth day, leaving a period of seven days without income. Provision is made in the Act, however, that some payment may be made during the "stand-down" period in cases of hardship.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4817, 31 July 1939, Page 2
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185AFTER SEVEN DAYS King Country Chronicle, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4817, 31 July 1939, Page 2
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