From April 1983, the first eight weeks of sickness benefit were to be met by the employer.
Up to 26 weeks of normal unemployment or sickness benefits are payable to an individual in a benefit year.
From April this year, many disabled people will be facing a total loss of their sickness benefits.
Do they get a reduced rate on the sickness benefit?
Is that before or after he starts stealing sickness benefits from severely disabled children?
This fund was set up during the 1880s as a means of providing sickness benefit for employees.
Multiply that reluctance several times if you have been on sickness benefit.
Unions may also provide legal advice, financial assistance, sickness benefits and education facilities to their members.
They contributed to sickness benefit in national insurance for all their working lives.
Spending cuts would especially affect public administration and, within the social welfare budget, the level of payments on sickness benefit.
