Report on maternity insurance
1927 1927 1920s 16 pages 10 PROPOSALS PUT FORWARD. Various proposals have been put forward to fill up the gaps in our system for mother and child. Definite proposals for the provision of Maternity Insurance were adopted at the International Labour Conference held at Washington in 1919 :&mdash...
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10 PROPOSALS PUT FORWARD. Various proposals have been put forward to fill up the gaps in our system for mother and child. Definite proposals for the provision of Maternity Insurance were adopted at the International Labour Conference held at Washington in 1919 :— In any public or private industrial or commercial undertaking, or in any branch thereof, other than an undertaking in which only members of the same family are employed, a woman :— (a) Shall not be permitted to work during the six weeks following her confinement; (b) Shall have the right to leave her work if she produces a medical certificate stating that her confinement will probably take place within six weeks; (c) Shall, while she is absent from her work in pursuance of paragraphs (a) and (b) be paid benefits sufficient for the full and healthy maintenance of herself and child, provided either out of public funds or by means of a system of insurance, the exact amount of which shall be determined by the competent authority of each country and as an additional benefit shall be entitled to free attendance by a doctor or certificated midwife. No mistake of the medical adviser in estimating the date of confinement shall prelude a woman from receiving those benefits from the date of the medical certificate up to the date on which the confinement actually takes place. (d) Shall, in any case, if she is nursing her child, be allowed half-an-hour twice a day during her working hours for this purpose. ARTICLE 4. Where a woman is absent from her work in accordance with paragraphs (a) and (b) or remains absent from her work for a longer period as a result of illness medically certified to arise or of pregnancy or confinement and rendering her unfit for work, it shall not be lawful, until her absence shall have exceeded a maximum period to be fixed by the competent authority in each country for her employer to give her notice of dismissal during such absence ; nor to give her notice of dismissal at such time that the notice would expire during such absence. It will be seen by comparison that these proposals are a distinct advance on the present position. They are, however, confined to a much smaller section of the population than that covered by National Health Insurance since they do not include domestic servants and wives of insured men. So far the Convention has not been ratified by this country. Its adoption is urged by the Labour Party.
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