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APPENDIX A.
Saint Mattbew, Bethnal Green Destry.
RULES OF EMPLOYES' SICK. BURIAL. AND BENEFIT
FUND.
The Vestry contribute a sum of One Shilling a week for each of the men in
their regular employ to form a Fund for aid in time of siekness, Death, &c..
1. Any employe becoming incapable of performing his
usual work through any kind of sickness (excepting that
which may be brought on by drunkenness). he shall give
notice to that effect to the Surveyor, who will then furnish
him with a form of medical certificate (to be signed by the
official Medical Attendant); such medical certificate to bo
renewed each week during the illness. lie shall then be
allowed out of the fund according to the following Table—
the ages of the present employes to be reckoned at the
commencement of this fund, and others on entering the
service of the Vestry:—
Class 1. Under 40 years of Age, 12s. a week for 13 weeks.
„ 2. 40 to 59 ,, 10s. ,, „
,, 3. 60 and over ,, 8s. ,, „
2. Should the illness continue after 13 weeks, an allowance
of half of the above rates will be given for a further
period not exceeding 13 weeks. No allowance is to be
made for less than three days' illness.
3. Any such employe, having resumed work, again
becoming chargeable to the fund within six months shall
only be entitled to the remainder (if any) of his former rate
and period of sick allowance, and when the total amount
of full and half-pay has been drawn, he must be at work
continuously for six months before he is again entitled to
sick benefit.
4. No one in receipt of sick pay is to be from his home
before 6 a.m. and after 8 p.m. between April 1st and
October 1st, and before 8 a.m. and after 6 p.m. between 1st
October and 1st April, or to perform any kind of work for
wages; or to be drunk, or to do anything calculated to
hinder his recovery. For any such default his sick allowance
shall be suspended for such a time as the "Works
Committee may think fit.