UK Social Security

…The 1911 National Insurance Act established health insurance and unemployment insurance, the latter of which was the first of its kind in the world. The distinctive features of British social insurance were that it limited its application to low-income workers below the tax exemption threshold, adopted a flat system of flat contributions and flat benefits, and adopted a tripartite system in which insurance premiums were paid by the employer, employee, and state. During the global depression between the two world wars, unemployment insurance was hit hard by the pressure of mass unemployment. …

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…1911年国民保険法は健康保険と失業保険を制定したが，とくに後者は世界最初の制度であった。イギリス社会保険の特色は，適用を免税点以下の低所得労働者に限定し，均一拠出均一給付というフラット制を採用したこと，保険料の拠出には雇主と労働者のほか国も加わるという三者拠出制がとられたことがあげられる。　両大戦間の世界不況の中で，大量失業の重圧のため失業保険は大きな打撃を受けた。…

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