(in the UK) the system of compulsory payments by employees and employers to provide state assistance for people who are sick, unemployed, or retired.
（英国）国民保险制度（雇员和雇主强制性缴纳钱款供国家支付医疗保险、失业保险或退休金的制度）
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A contact has advised me it may be possible to defer payment of our National Insurance until the end of the year.
And, besides, don't we do that already via our National Insurance contributions?
The tax was designed to crack down on people who were avoiding tax and National Insurance payments by operating through a personal company.
She may be given a new name, a new home, a new National Insurance number and social security documents as well as a false history constructed by experts.
You can also see how the National Insurance rebates are calculated in this Inland Revenue leaflet.
It seems that the Chancellor will fund the extra NHS spending by tinkering with the National Insurance system.
If you're in a company scheme then both you and your employer will pay lower National Insurance contributions instead.
Consider whether or not to top up any missing year's National Insurance payments.
Kathryn thinks that Governments have been plundering the National Insurance fund, and should have invested it.
Flick over and settle down to some sport and you can bet your National Insurance payments for a year that the Government will still be there to spin some message or other.
It is admitted that some of this will go on teachers' pensions and the National Insurance increase.
I also took along my P45, final payslip and exit letter given to me by my ex-employer, plus my National Insurance number.
A new system for Air Traffic Control is years behind schedule and way over budget, as is a National Insurance system.
A rise in employers' pension and National Insurance contributions will further strain funds.
They, in turn, now receive pensions funded by the National Insurance contributions of their children.
It will provide National Insurance and income tax relief on the first £50 of childcare vouchers paid to a working parent.
The new formula will be based on a simple percentage of income, net of tax, National Insurance and pension contributions.
But little has been said about using the National Insurance system.
If you find that you are behind in your National Insurance contributions you can pay to make up the shortfall.
Younger people could opt out of National Insurance payments on condition they provide for their pensions in the private sector.