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Meaning of "sickness benefit" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SICKNESS BENEFIT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SICKNESS BENEFIT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sickness benefit is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SICKNESS BENEFIT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sickness benefit in the English dictionary

The definition of sickness benefit in the dictionary is 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. Other definition of sickness benefit is a payment made by the Department of Social Welfare to a person unable to work owing to a medical condition.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SICKNESS BENEFIT

sickishly
sickishness
sickle
sickle feather
sickle medick
sickle-cell anaemia
sicklebill
sickleman
sicklemia
sicklemic
sicklier
sickliest
sicklily
sickliness
sickly
sickness
sickness insurance
sicknurse
sicko
sickroom

WORDS THAT END LIKE SICKNESS BENEFIT

benefit
child benefit
cost-benefit
death benefit
defined-benefit
disablement benefit
disbenefit
Earnings Related Benefit
fringe benefit
housing benefit
incapacity benefit
injury benefit
invalidity benefit
maternity benefit
refit
retirement benefit
single parent benefit
standard housing benefit
supplementary benefit
unemployment benefit
widow´s benefit

Synonyms and antonyms of sickness benefit in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sickness benefit» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SICKNESS BENEFIT

Find out the translation of sickness benefit to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sickness benefit from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sickness benefit» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

疾病津贴
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

prestaciones monetarias de enfermedad
570 millions of speakers

English

sickness benefit
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बीमारी लाभ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إعانة المرض
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пособие по болезни
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

subsídio de doença
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অসুস্থতা সুবিধা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prestations de maladie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Manfaat penyakit
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Krankengeld
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

疾病手当
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

질병 의 혜택
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Manfaat penyakit
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lợi ích bệnh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நோய் நன்மை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आजारपण लाभ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Hastalık parası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

indennità di malattia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zasiłek chorobowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

допомога по хворобі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

prestație de boală
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επίδομα ασθενείας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

siekte voordeel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sjukpenning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sykepenger
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sickness benefit

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SICKNESS BENEFIT»

The term «sickness benefit» is normally little used and occupies the 121.480 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SICKNESS BENEFIT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sickness benefit» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sickness benefit» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sickness benefit

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SICKNESS BENEFIT»

Discover the use of sickness benefit in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sickness benefit and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Sickness, Disability and Work: Breaking the Barriers A ...
... Denmark 2006 Finlandb 2004 Luxembourgc 2005 Employed 44 Employed 7 Employed 4 Employed or sickness benefits 67 Sickness benefit 1 Sickness benefit 39 Sickness allowance 60 Unemployed/Redeployed 23 Unemployment benefit ...
OECD, 2010
2
Sickness, Disability and Work: Breaking the Barriers (Vol. ...
4 weeks 8 weeks 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months As of day 34, ZUS pays sickness benefit; controls possible anytime but in practice not very frequent ( 2% of all cases). Follow-up plan by the employer and the employee with support  ...
OECD, 2006
3
Sickness, Disability and Work: Breaking the Barriers (Vol. ...
A 50% part-time sickness benefit can be paid after 60 days of full-benefit receipt. In the Netherlands the sickness benefit scheme was privatised over the past 15 years. Today, employers have an obligation to pay sickness benefit to their ...
OECD, 2008
4
Industrial Relations, Trade Unions, and Labour Legislation
Situations under which sickness benefit is not payable: Sickness benefit is not payable for any day on which the employee works, remains on leave, holiday or strike, in respect of which he receives wages. [Sec.63]. However, sickness benefit is ...
Sinha, 2004
5
Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World: ...
Table 1.1 Structure of benefits in the United Kingdom by duration of incapacity ( 1948–2010) Duration of incapacity to work 1–8 weeks 9–28 weeks 29–52 weeks More than 1 year 1948–1971 Sickness Benefit Sickness Benefit Sickness Benefit  ...
David A. Wise, 2012
6
Social Security Law in India
This Chapter will examine the nature and conditions for availing the sickness benefit, the rate of sickness benefit and administration of the plan. §1. ELIGIBILITY AND AMOUNT OF SICKNESS BENEFIT 186. Sickness benefit is one of the most ...
Debi S. Saini, 2011
7
Social Security Law in Poland
Sickness benefit is paid from the first day not covered by the social type of risk placed upon an employer by the labour law. 171. The amount of sickness benefit should reflect the wages lost by an employee during the period of sickness.
Andrzej Marian Swiatkowski, 2010
8
Industrial Relations And Labour Welfare: Text And Cases
(a) Sickness benefit: Sickness benefit represents periodical cash payments made to an insured person during the period of certified sickness occurring in a benefit period when insured person requires medical treatment and attendance with ...
R. Sivarethinamohan, 2010
9
Sickness, Disability and Work: Breaking the Barriers: Sweden ...
The regular collaboration should include a contact meeting after 90 days of sickness absence and a so-called hand-over meeting after 180 days, i.e. when the sickness benefit entitlement is likely to expire. The new sickness benefit process ...
OECD, 2010
10
Industrial Law 2 Vols. Set
Sickness benefit. 2. Maternity benefit. 3. Disablement benefit. 4. Dependants' benefit. 5. Medical benefit. 6. Funeral expenses. All these benefits except the medical benefit are monetary benefits. The rules regarding these benefits are ...
Arun Kumar, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SICKNESS BENEFIT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sickness benefit is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sickness benefit shake-up considered
Plans to scrap part of the UK's main sickness benefit are being considered, a leaked Whitehall paper suggests. It describes the Employment and Support ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
2
Obese could lose benefits if they refuse treatment - PM
People who cannot work because they are obese or have alcohol or drug problems could have their sickness benefits cut if they refuse treatment, the PM says. «BBC News, Feb 15»
3
£435MILLION in sickness benefit handed to drunks and junkies
One man who lay in bed drinking 12 cans of lager a day won the right to be paid sickness benefit even though health experts said he was simply lazy. «Daily Mail, Feb 15»
4
Cuts to employment and support allowance 'considered'
Ministers are considering drastically cutting the main Employment and Support Allowance sickness benefit, internal documents seen by the BBC suggest. «BBC News, Oct 14»
5
Sanctions against those on sickness benefit up 350 per cent in …
The use of sanctions against those on sickness benefits has gone up by 350 per cent in a year as part of an aggressive drive to push more people into work. «The Independent, Aug 14»
6
Sickness benefit increase could force Government to breach its own …
The Government's self-imposed welfare spending cap could be breached because of the huge cost of people moving off jobseekers allowance onto sickness ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 14»
7
Crackdown on sickness benefit finds 600000 fit to work
BRITAIN'S new crackdown on the workshy has proved 600,000 “sickbenefit ... Some 2.6 million people used to receive the now-defunct Incapacity Benefit, ... «Express.co.uk, Dec 13»
8
900000 choose to come off sickness benefit ahead of tests
More than 46,120 people claimed incapacity benefit because of “behavioural disorders due to the use of alcohol” while 29,130 claimants cited drug use. «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 13»
9
Fines for workshy sickness benefit claimants to double
But a draft DWP letter, obtained by The Guardian, warns that sick and disabled ... The number of weeks will depend on whether you have had your benefit ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Sep 12»
10
Are half of 'sickness benefit' claimants found fit finding work?
The BBC's Panorama is tonight set to air an investigation into the controversial Work Capability Assessment (WCA) used to test eligibility for Employment and ... «Full Fact, Jul 12»

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