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sickness benefit

sick·ness ben·e·fit (plural sick·ness ben·e·fits)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. U.K. government payment: a weekly payment made by the government to somebody who is off work through illness for more than three days and less than six months

2. New Zealand payment compensating for medical condition: a payment made by a government department to somebody who is unable to work owing to a medical condition

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