UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S SCHEME. , By Cable.—Press Association. —Copyright ! London, August 17. Mr. Winston Churchill, President of the Board of Trade, on being interviewed, explained that the insurance against' unemployment scheme which he ana Mr. Lloyd-George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, had matured would be compulsory and contributory. The weekly contributions would be 2M)d each from the worker and employer and the State. , I The employer's duty would be to deduct the worker's contribution from his wages. The scheme would be for regular, competent workers. Only habitual idlers must go to the distress committees or receive poor law relief. Assistance will be less than trade union relief. -, The annual cost to the Treasury will be a million and a half. The insurance will be first applied to building, engineering, shipbuilding, construction works, and vehicle making trades.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 177, 19 August 1909, Page 2
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135UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 177, 19 August 1909, Page 2
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