welfare benefit
noun[C,usually plural]
ECONOMICS,GOVERNMENTUKukusmoneypaidby thegovernmenttopeoplewho areill,poor, or have nojob:
If aparentworks, thefamilyis noteligibleforwelfarebenefits.
Examplesofwelfare benefit
welfare benefit
Numerous restrictions have been placed on who is eligible for the benefit, which is considered awelfarebenefit.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This compensation is classified as a type of socialwelfarebenefit.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Further changes were expected, including furtherwelfarebenefitsimplification in 2008.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This must be so at the margin since the employee must receive more net of tax i.e. take-home than they can receive from the alternative, such aswelfarebenefitpayments.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.While many (but not all) fraternal leaders opposed government provision ofwelfarebenefit, the lessons being taught to the average member may have led to just the opposite effect.
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Child-support enforcement is a socialwelfarebenefit.
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Then there is the question of the maternity and childwelfarebenefit.
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The system has an important social aspect, but a rate rebate is not intended to operate as awelfarebenefit.
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All of that shows the growing disincentives to work which result from significant rent increases and their interface with thewelfarebenefitsystem.
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They have in common the aim of enablingwelfarebenefitrecipients to do useful work in return for benefit.
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