https://www.taxtmi.com/acts?id=54443 Qualification for sickness benefit depends on contribution payment for not less than seventy-eight days in the relevant contribution period, subject to reduced thresholds for a first short contribution period and for insured women receiving maternity benefit or insured persons receiving temporary disablement benefit. Sickness benefit is payable at seventy per cent of the standard benefit rate, is not available for the first two days of sickness except in the stated recurrence case, and is capped at ninety-one days in any two consecutive benefit periods. Extended sickness benefit, maternity benefit, medical bonus, disablement benefit, and dependants' benefit are governed by separate qualification rules, rates, periods, and ceilings. en-us Tue, 12 May 2026 15:21:26 +0530 Wed, 13 May 2026 11:39:31 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/acts?id=54443 Qualification for sickness benefit depends on contribution payment for not less than seventy-eight days in the relevant contribution period, subject to reduced thresholds for a first short contribution period and for insured women receiving maternity benefit or insured persons receiving temporary disablement benefit. Sickness benefit is payable at seventy per cent of the standard benefit rate, is not available for the first two days of sickness except in the stated recurrence case, and is capped at ninety-one days in any two consecutive benefit periods. Extended sickness benefit, maternity benefit, medical bonus, disablement benefit, and dependants' benefit are governed by separate qualification rules, rates, periods, and ceilings. Act-Rules Labour laws Tue, 12 May 2026 15:21:26 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/acts?id=54443