HC Deb 04 December 1911 vol 32 cc1157-8

Rates of Contribution from Workmen and Employers.

From every workman employed in an insured trade for every week he is so employed 2½d.
From every employer by whom one or more workmen are employed in an insured trade, in respect of each workman, for every week he is so employed 2½d.

Provided that in the case of a workman below the age of eighteen 1d. shall be substituted for 2½d. as the contribution from the workman and from the employer, but for the purpose of reckoning the number of contributions in respect of such a workman the 1d. shall be treated as two-fifths of a contribution.

Every such period of employment of less than a week shall for the purposes of this Schedule be treated as if it were employment for a whole week, except that, where the period of employment is two days or less, the contributions both of the employer and of the workman shall be reduced to one penny if the period does not exceed one day and to twopence if it exceeds one day; and in such case in reckoning the number of contributions under Part II. of this Act and the Schedules therein referred to contributions at such reduced rates shall be treated as two-fifths or four-fifths of a contribution as the case may require.

Amendment made: After the word "workman" ["in respect of such a workman"], insert the words "except as regards the payment of unemployment benefit before he reaches the age of eighteen."—[Mr. Buxton.]