ALL meanings of sickness benefit
sick·ness ben·e·fit
S s - uncountable noun sickness benefit Sickness benefit is money that you receive regularly from the government when you are unable to work because of illness. 0
- noun sickness benefit (formerly, in the British National Insurance scheme) 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 0
- noun sickness benefit (in New Zealand) a payment made by the Department of Social Welfare to a person unable to work owing to a medical condition 0