Meaning & use
industrial injury benefit
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Meaning
noununcountableBritishfinancelegal
Money paid by the government or an employer to a worker who is injured or becomes ill because of their job.
Grammar: Uncountable: say 'claim industrial injury benefit' or 'receive industrial injury benefit', not 'a benefit'.
Patterns
- claim industrial injury benefit
- be entitled to industrial injury benefit
- receive industrial injury benefit
After the accident at the factory, he claimed industrial injury benefit.
Workers who develop back problems from lifting may be entitled to industrial injury benefit.
The company's insurance covered her wages while she received industrial injury benefit.
Common combinations
- claim industrial injury benefit
- You must fill in a form to claim industrial injury benefit.
- be entitled to industrial injury benefit
- Part-time workers are also entitled to industrial injury benefit.
- receive industrial injury benefit
- She received industrial injury benefit for six months after the fall.
- industrial injury benefit scheme
- The government reviewed the industrial injury benefit scheme last year.
Synonyms and how they differ
- workers' compensation
- The usual American term for the same kind of payment; 'industrial injury benefit' is the British government term.
- disability benefit
- A broader term for payments to people who cannot work because of any disability, not only one caused by work.
Word family
- industrial adjective
- Relating to industry or factories.
- injury noun
- Physical harm to a person.
- benefit noun
- Money paid by the state or an employer to help someone.
Commonly confused: industrial injury benefit or industrial disease?
industrial injury benefit vs industrial disease
An industrial disease is an illness caused by work, while industrial injury benefit is the money paid because of such an injury or illness.
Practice
In British English, a worker hurt on the job can apply for ______.
Choose one answer.
The fixed phrase is 'industrial injury benefit'. The other options change the word order or use 'insurance' instead of 'benefit', which is not the standard term.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “industrial injury benefit”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.