Social administration digest

1980 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 513-544
Author(s):  
Kathleen M. Slack
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Public Expenditure ◽  
Child Poverty ◽  
Living Standards ◽  
Action Group ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Government ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Spending Cuts

Social security and income maintenanceAs January had closed so February opened with anxiety about the effects of cuts in public expenditure on the most vulnerable members of the community. The position was outlined by the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) in Abandoned Social Priorities. Millions of families, the pamphlet said, faced an unjustified fall in living standards as a result of the decreased proportion of national resources being devoted to the poorest section of society. At the same time they faced increased costs of school meals and transport, prescription charges, rents and clothing. In addition, the Labour Member for Birkenhead pointed out in a letter to the Secretary of State for the Social Services that because they were not informed of their right to free welfare foods only 2.5 per cent of 1.5 million families which were eligible to receive them claimed that right. He estimated that this was saving the government £125 million a year. Further spending cuts, already announced, which would amount to £1,000 million in 1980–1 augured a harsh year ahead.

The imrovement of social allowance perspectives on social security law

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-115
Author(s):  
Səbinə Eldəniz qızı Şirinova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Assistance ◽  
Labor Rights ◽  
Spiritual Needs ◽  
Social Law ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government

This article accounts for the idenfication of perspectives of the enhancement of the social law regarding the social assistance payments. Enhacing citizens' social welfare, creating the environment for the fulfillment of their material and spiritual needs and solving the issues related to the social security are the priorities of the social policy of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Over the recent years the successful uptrend of development has been maintained in all directions, the application of all social programmes, enhancement of citizens' social security, involving socially sensitive groups of citizens in the social care of the government, the security of their labor rights, the arrangement of active employment events and dedicated acts in other fields, pension and social distribution, the reforms regarding the enhancement of medical-social examination systems have been proceeded successfully. In this regard, we consider that some changes to the legislative statements regarding the social assistance payments should be done. As social assistance payments have a dynamic nature, regular enhancements on the legislative statements should be done. Key words: social services, enforcement of citizen's social welfare, social assistance payments, the perspectives of enhancing the law regarding social assistance payments

scholarly journals Effectiveness of the Upazila Management Committee (UMC) on Social Security: The Case of the Sadar Upazila of Brahmanbaria District

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Ashraful Amin Mukut
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Management Committee ◽  
Administrative Records ◽  
The Social ◽  
District Management ◽  
Formal Procedure ◽  
The Government ◽  
Formal Communication

The Cabinet Division of the Government of the Peoples‟ Republic of Bangladesh formed the Upazila Management Committee (UMC) on Social Security on 27 August 2018 to manage the overall coordination; monitoring and evaluation; database management; and beneficiary selection of all the social-security programmes being implemented at various government agencies in an Upazila. As per the administrative records, there were no documents available to prove that any UMC meeting held in the country and thereby it seemed to be not being functional since its establishment. Therefore, this baseline research was conducted to (a) assess the level of functionality of the UMC; (b) identify the causes; (c) find out suggestions to overcome the challenges. It was found that out of 64 upazilas, randomly selected one from each district, only 2 UMC meetings were held, and only 7 Upazila Nirbahi Officers had knowledge about the notification of the UMC. Since its establishment, the UMC of the Brahmanbaria Sadar has not been effective and functional. The reasons being (a) noncommunication of the notification with the UMC members through the formal procedure and (b) prominence of the activities related to the National Parliament Election. Therefore, the following recommendations have been made – (a) direct and formal communication of the notification of the UMC with the members especially with the chairperson and the member-secretary; (b) training and awareness building for the UMC members; (c) rigorous monitoring by the Department of Social Services and (d) District Management Committee and the Divisional Management Committee should also be made functional immediately

scholarly journals Legal support of cooperation between Ukraine and the International Monetary Fund in the field of social security (2014–2020): shortcomings and ways to strengthen

2020 ◽  
pp. 447-452
Author(s):  
Andrii Dvorak
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
International Monetary Fund ◽  
Legal Principles ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Interests ◽  
The Government ◽  
To Receive ◽  
The International Monetary Fund ◽  
The Imf

Due to the government’s inefficiency, unfair policies and other tough circumstances, in 2014 Ukraine confronted a social crisis,which led to the so-called ‘Euromaidan revolution’. After the re-election of a new government, Ukraine began to cooperate tightly withdifferent international financial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the European Bank ofReconstruction and Development in terms of credit relations.This article highlights the support of the IMF, which consists in the Stand-By Arrangement and Extended Fund Facility programs,and the legal principles of the cooperation between Ukraine and the IMF in the sphere of social security. The urgency of this issue liesin the importance of strengthening the social security of Ukraine weakened by the government in its attempt to fulfil the gaps in theeconomic or bank sector by shortening the social standards.This article is aimed at: a) a critical analysis of the legal principles of the Ukrainian law regarding the international acts, whichconcern the cooperation with IMF during 2014–2020; b) finding out the social aspects in the obligations of the four agreements ratifiedduring 2014–2020; c) outlining the ways to improve the Ukrainian legal principles of international cooperation in order to strengthenthe social sphere of the country.The process of receiving a loan from the IMF presupposes the following steps: a lender (country) gives an ‘offer’ (letter of intent)and a lendee (IMF) decides to accept it or not. The offer includes a list of the prior actions and structural benchmarks, which should bedone to receive the next tranche. The author believes that the Ukrainian government requires to restructure their approach to the international agreements. Forexample, to secure the social interests, the Ukrainian government can enlist the Ukrainian ombudsman, whose signature will be alsomandatory to accept the “letter of intent”. Also, before the release of the “offer” to any international institution, it is necessary to attracthighly-qualified experts who can unbiasedly analyze and criticize the principles of the agreement.

Self-employed surfers, universal credit and the minimally decent life

Legal Studies ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Christopher Rowe
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Judicial Review ◽  
The Self ◽  
Tax Credits ◽  
Minimum Income ◽  
Wage Labour ◽  
The Social ◽  
Decent Life ◽  
The Government

Abstract As part of its response to Covid-19 the government paused the use of the ‘Minimum Income Floor’ (MIF), which restricts the Universal Credit (UC) entitlement of the self-employed. This paper places the MIF in the wider context of conditionality in the social security system and considers a judicial review which claimed that the MIF was discriminatory. The paper focuses on how UC affects the availability of real choices for low-income citizens to limit or escape from wage labour, with two implications of the move to UC highlighted. First, the overlooked labour decommodifying aspect of tax credits, which provided a minimum income guarantee and a genuine alternative to wage labour for people who self-designated as ‘self-employed’, even if their earnings were minimal or non-existent, has been removed. Secondly, UC has in some respects improved the position of low-paid wage labourers in ‘mini-jobs’, who are not subject to conditionality once they work for the equivalent of approximately nine hours a week on the minimum wage.

scholarly journals Social Work and the Development of Community-Based Social Services

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 7-9
Author(s):  
Vilija Blinkevičiūtė
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Community Services ◽  
Assistance System ◽  
Community Based ◽  
International Conference ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Present Text

The present text is the opening and welcome speech to the 4 international conference “Social work and the development of community services”, which was in 2001, Vilnius, November 23-24. The speaker was Vilija Blinkevčiūtė - the minister of Social security and work ministry of Lithuania Republic. The minister welcomed the participants of conference and presented the goals of the Eleventh Government of the Republic of Lithuania to develop and enhance the social assistance system.

scholarly journals Social Security Contribution Rate and Its Impacts on Labor Demand of Enterprises in Carbon Neutral Context

2021 ◽  
Vol 275 ◽  
pp. 02059
Author(s):  
Haizhu Zhao ◽  
Lianhua Luo
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Labor Demand ◽  
State Council ◽  
Contribution Rate ◽  
Social Security Contribution ◽  
The Social ◽  
Heterogeneity Analysis ◽  
The Government ◽  
Total Labor ◽  
Labor Remuneration

With the government setting stricter standard on carbon emission, enterprises are facing more environmental pressure and cost these years. At the same time, China’s State Council has officially announced a further reducing the social security contribution rate from May 1, 2019, it is worthy of assessing that if the reduction would decompress enterprises and promote labor demand. Our results shows that social security contribution rate does not have significantly impacts on enterprises’ labor demand overall. However, when wage and benefit are controlled, it has a direct impact on labor demand. Basic regression and heterogeneity analysis both confirm it. Wage and benefit play intermediary roles as the results show. Social security contribution rate has negatively impact on wage and benefit, which help to keep the total labor remuneration and then labor demand unchanged. State-owned and private enterprises show similar results. However, laborintensive and non-labor-intensive enterprises show slightly different results.

scholarly journals INFORMATIZATION OF SOCIAL PROVIDING AS A MAIN ELEMENT IN THE FORMATION OF DIGITAL ECONOMY

2020 ◽  
pp. 95-106
Author(s):  
Halyna KULYNA ◽  
Nataliya NALUKOVA
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
The State ◽  
Information Space ◽  
Digital Society ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
The Social

Introduction. In the conditions of digital society formation, the informatization of the social security sphere is a necessary component and guarantee of successful implementation of social policy aimed at quality and timely satisfaction of citizens' needs. Therefore, a prerequisite for the effective functioning of social protection and public service authorities is the development and technical innovation of social services and channels for their implementation through automated information systems, should be consistent with the innovation strategy of development of the social sphere as a composite digital economy of the state. Purpose is to substantiate the expediency of application of the newest digital technologies in the sphere of social security and novelization of social services on this basis, as well as to reveal features and advantages of social protection of the population through automated information systems and channels of their implementation. Results. The necessity and role of informatization in the modern digital society and the main challenges that lead to its implementation in the field of social security have been substantiated. The key automated information systems, which contribute to the construction of a common information space of the social sphere and allow to increase social protection of the population in domestic conditions, as well as the emergence of a new service-oriented social service with a wide range of information and communication services, have been analyzed. The necessity of training and retraining of highly qualified creative specialists of new specialties was noted and generalized principles of systems of skills development in the conditions of informatization, which are important in the selection of social workers, were defined. Conclusions. Social protection and social welfare institutions, when formulating their own strategies, should consider the information and communications technology vector of development as an essential means of improving their functioning, since this will determine the effectiveness of social policy implementation in the State and the level of satisfaction of citizens with social services. The results of informatization of social processes are manifested in the implementation of automated information systems and the construction of a single unified information space of social security, the development of new service products, electronic filing of documentation and simplification of procedures for obtaining social security, transparency of social security and, as a result, successful social policy.

scholarly journals Legal Issues in The Implementation of National Social Security System on Labour in Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 03019
Author(s):  
Tedi Sudrajat ◽  
Siti Kunarti ◽  
Abdul Aziz Nasihuddin
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Social Insurance ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Social Security System ◽  
Security System ◽  
Safety Assurance ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Government ◽  
Social Security Benefits

The Social Security System in Indonesia has been regulated by the government, and the program is managed by an agency called Social Insurance Administration Organization (BPJS). Associated with the existence of social security functions for workers, its practice presents a gap between what is expected and what is regulated. For this reason, it is therefore necessary to examine, firstly, what kind of legal protection of workers is covered by this national social security system managed in BPJS program and, secondly, what constraints are encountered in its implementation. This research is Juridical Normative one, with normative qualitative data analysis. The research finds that the social security is correlated not only with the welfare of employees who are assessed by the level of wages provided by the organization, rather it is also correlated with other factors in the form of health and safety assurance. In the broader context, social welfare is measured not only when the person is at work and gets social security benefits, rather the measure of his welfare is also applicable when the worker is not working and/or when they retire. On the basis of these, the social security program is an integral aspect of social security to which the government should give a legal protection.

scholarly journals A Panoramic View of the Social Security and Social Protection Provisioning in Lesotho

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 1629
Author(s):  
Kananelo E Mosito
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
State Policy ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Bill Of Rights ◽  
Security Measures ◽  
Panoramic View ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Government

Social security is one of the most important areas of social policy.As part of its social policy, the government of Lesotho has promulgated various pieces of legislation and introduced an assortment of public assistance programmes for the benefit of the people of the country. There are also various informal social security measures which are the result of coordinated activities by individuals and groupings in Lesotho. These initiatives together provide a broad spectrum of social security provisioning for the people of Lesotho. This article sets out to discuss the said social security provisioning measures and appraises the efficacy of their interventions.Lesotho is a constitutional state.The Constitution of Lesotho came into force on 2April 1993. It provides for a Bill of Rights as well as principles of state policy. There is, however, no express provision in the Constitution for a right to social security. This is regrettable. Thus, the intersection between constitutional law and social security within the context of Lesotho can be achieved only through the interpretation of the fundamental rights as well as the principles of state policy provided in the Constitution. While the provisions relating to fundamental rights help to establish entitlements to social security, the principles of state policy play an important role in giving direction to service delivery.Understanding the link between the various governmental and social initiatives is crucial if interventions are to be designed which will enhance the provision of social security for the benefit of the people of Lesotho.

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