The Furnmed Sick Benefit Society is a managed Sick Fund for employees associated with the Furniture Bargaining Council, focusing on the lower income earners in the Allied and Furniture Industry. These are employees who are actively employed in the Furniture, Bedding and Upholstery Manufacturing Industry and Curtain Manufacturing Industry and who are employed by employers who are members of the Furniture, Bedding and Upholstery Manufacturing Association and the Curtain Makers and Allied Products Association; and Employers of such employees; and Employees who were members of the Society immediately prior to permanent retirement from the Industry due to old age, ill health or disability.