UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE.

Hokitika Guardian, 3 January 1920, Page 2

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE.

THE BRI'IISH SCHEME.

(By Electric Telegraph—Co iyright.) (Reuter’s Telegram )

(lW’ived this day at 8.15 a.m.) LONDON, December 31. The Unemployed Ipsurapce' Rjll' extends insurance agaiimt' uhemp}oyinenV' on a coutrihutory basis, substantially to the whole employed population between the ages of sixteen and seventy. The total number of workers of manual labor affected, is estimated at 11 millions, as compared with three and a third million covered by the existing scheme. Opportunity is given for industries to contract out of the general scheme by setting in) special schemes, such as may be approved of by the Mjpistep of Labour and which may give equal or super i-ior advantages. The scheme comes in r jto operation on Ist October. AgrieulI turn ifiid domestic service is nof jf}:, ! eluded in the .scheme. Other expdp s ‘ lions include person? other Hr.Tr" ppumn| labourers earning r rGrp than £856 per year, employees of public authovL ties, police, railway servants, or employees in other statutory undertakings, where such persons have rights under the statutory superannuation fund, making insurance against unemployment unnecessary. The weekly contributions vary from threepence a week for girls to .sixpence per week for men, .employee and employer contributing half each, with the- State adding a sum equal to one third of these contributions. The rates of benefit vary from 6s per week for gir|s to 15/ r for nieTj.