Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . death, provision was madefor the family of the deceased. The sickness insurance lawcompels working men and women to insure themselves againstsickness, but helps them to bear the burden by requiring theemployer to pay a portion of the premium and to be responsiblefor carrying out the law. These measures were supplemented, in 1889, after theaccession of William II, by an old-age insurance law whichcompels every employee with an income under five hundreddolla
Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . death, provision was madefor the family of the deceased. The sickness insurance lawcompels working men and women to insure themselves againstsickness, but helps them to bear the burden by requiring theemployer to pay a portion of the premium and to be responsiblefor carrying out the law. These measures were supplemented, in 1889, after theaccession of William II, by an old-age insurance law whichcompels every employee with an income under five hundreddollars a year to pay a certain proportion into a state fundwhich provides an annual pension for him after he has reachedthe age of seventy years. In case he is incapacitated earlier inlife he may begin to draw the pension before he reaches thatage. As in other forms of workingmens insurance, the em-ployers pay a portion of the premium; and the State alsomakes a regular contribution to every annuity paid.^ In 1913over twenty-five million persons were insured under these laws. 1 See Readings in Modem European History, Vol. IIj pp. 189
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