London, Jan. 4, The newspapers have published the outliees of the Sickness and Invalidity Insurance Bill, which has been communicated to the Friendly Societies by Mr. Lloyd George, Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The Bill provides for compulsory insurance through the Friendly Societies for all workers earning less than £160 per annum, for a minimal of five shillings a week. This minimum alone is guaranteed by tie State. Half the cost of this minimum, which has not yet been ascertained, will be deducted from the workers' wages, the employers and the State sharing the rest equally.
The Government will supervise the accounts of the Societies—Exclusive Service.
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