scholarly journals Soviet Social Insurance Model in Lithuania: Structure and Ideology

2011 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-113
Author(s):  
Arvydas Guogis ◽  
Natalija Bogdanova
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Social Insurance ◽  
Soviet Period ◽  
Unemployment Benefits ◽  
Social Insurance System ◽  
Insurance System ◽  
Communist System ◽  
Insurance Model ◽  
The One

This article analyses the structure and ideology of the Soviet social insurance system. In the whole territory of theUSSR the same principles and laws of social insurance were applied. However, in several Soviet republics, for example Lithuania,some specific elements were observed which influenced the administrative methods in social security, social insurance and socialsupport. The article explains the nature of social insurance expenditure. We define and explain the branches of social insurance in the USSR: old age and disability pensions, illness, maternity, funeral and unemployment benefits (the latter were paid in the early Sovietperiod only). The article deals with official USSR and Lithuanian SSR statistics, mainly from the last Soviet period (beginning 1975), when Soviet social insurance reached its limits and showed its potential. Although Soviet social insurance was related to theprinciples of the Bismarckian work record and former earnings, it was however financed from Moscow's centrally organised budgetand was not related to meaningful contributions of employers and employees. The one-party communist system had a big role in thefunctioning of social insurance in the USSR and the Lithuanian SSR.

scholarly journals Institutional Design and Incentives for Migrant Workers to Participate in Social Insurance in China: Evidence from a Policy Experiment in Chengdu City

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yihao Tian ◽  
Yuxiao Chen ◽  
Mei Zhou ◽  
Shaoyang Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
Social Insurance ◽  
Participation Rate ◽  
National Bureau ◽  
Social Insurance System ◽  
Insurance System ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Security Policy

Abstract Background: Rural-to-urban migration has increased rapidly in China since the early 1980s, with the number of migrants reaching 376 million in 2020 (National Bureau of Statistics [NBS], 2020). Despite this sharp trend and the significant contributions that the migrants have made to urban development, migrant workers have had very limited access to the social insurance that the majority of urban workers have enjoyed. Methods: Based on the background of the social insurance system adjustment in Chengdu in 2011, we establish a difference-in-differences (DID) model to empirically test the impacts of change in social insurance policy contribution rates on migrant workers' social insurance participation rates, using the China Migrants Dynamic Survey (CMDS) data from 2009-2016.Results: The social insurance participation rate of migrant workers was significantly reduced after they are incorporated into the urban worker insurance system. Meanwhile, there is no significant change in the wages of migrant workers, but the working hours became longer and the consumption level turned lower. That is to say, simply changing the social insurance model of migrant workers from "comprehensive social insurance" to "urban employee insurance" reduces the incentives for migrant workers to participate in the insurance and harm the overall welfares of migrant workers.Conclusion: The design of the social security policy is an important reason for lower participation rate of migrants. Therefore, it is necessary to solve the problem of insufficient incentives through targeted social security policies. Specifically, the first is to formulate a social security policy contribution rate suitable for the migrants. The second is to establish a comprehensive social security policy and gradually integrate the social security system.

scholarly journals Institutional Design and Incentives for Migrant Workers to Participate in Social Insurance in China: Evidence From a Policy Experiment in Chengdu City

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yihao Tian ◽  
Yuxiao Chen ◽  
Mei Zhou ◽  
Shaoyang Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
Social Insurance ◽  
Institutional Design ◽  
Participation Rate ◽  
Social Insurance System ◽  
Insurance System ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Security Policy

Rural-to-urban migration has increased rapidly in China since the early 1980s, with the number of migrants has reached 376 million by 2020. Despite this sharp trend and the significant contributions that migrants have made to urban development, the migrant workers have had very limited access to the social insurance that the majority of urban workers enjoy. Against the background of the social insurance system adjustment in Chengdu in 2011, this study uses a difference-in-differences (DID) model to empirically test the impacts of changes in the social insurance policy contribution rates on the social insurance participation rates of migrant workers, using the China Migrants Dynamic Survey (CMDS) data for 2009–2016. We find that the social insurance participation rate of migrant workers was significantly reduced after they were incorporated into the urban worker insurance system. There was no significant change in the wages of migrant workers, but the working hours were increased and their consumption level decreased. In other words, simply changing the social insurance model of migrant workers from “comprehensive social insurance” to “urban employee insurance” reduces the incentives for migrant workers to participate in insurance and harms the overall welfare of migrant workers. Our study indicates that the design of the social security policy is an important reason for the lower participation rate of migrants. It is necessary to solve the problem of insufficient incentives through the targeted social security policies; primarily, the formulation of a social security policy contribution rate suitable for the migrants, and the establishment of a comprehensive social security policy and the gradual integration of the social security system.

Legal principles of social insurance against an accident at work and an occupational disease

2020 ◽  
pp. 83-89
Author(s):  
Oleksii Soloviov
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Occupational Diseases ◽  
Social Insurance ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Insurance Fund ◽  
Main Body ◽  
Social Insurance System ◽  
Legal Principles ◽  
Insurance System ◽  
The Law

Problem setting. To address practical issues related to the reform of the social insurance system for accidents at workand occupational diseases in Ukraine, it is necessary to explore doctrinal provisions relating to the principles of socialsecurity law, as well as to analyze certain principles of social insurance against accidents at work and occupational diseasesand propose changes to the legislation to formulate certain principles. Target of research. The purpose of this article is to analyze the legal principles of social insurance against accidentsat work and occupational diseases and to develop changes to the legislation in terms of formulating certain principles ofthis institution.Analysis of recent researches and publications. Issues of principles of law in domestic legal science were consideredin scientific works on the general theory of law of such scientists as Yu. P. Bytyak, A. M. Kolodii, S. P. Porebnyak,P. M. Rabinovych, Yu. M. Todyka, M. V. Сvik and many others. Some aspects of the principles of social security law areconsidered in the scientific works of V. M. Andreev, B. I. Stashkiv, B. S. Stychinsky, S. M. Sivak, N. M. Stakhovskaya,S. M. Prilipko. The dissertation researches of T. Z. Garasimov “Principles of the law of social security”, and alsoO. V. Moskalenko “Principles of social insurance in modern conditions of management” deserves special attention. However,a comprehensive study of the principles of social insurance against accidents at work and occupational diseases hasnot been conducted. Article’s main body. The article is devoted to the study of the principles of legal regulation of compulsory statesocial insurance against accidents at work and occupational diseases. The notion of the principles of law is analyzed, inparticular, it is noted that the principles of law are the basic, guiding positions, ideas that express the essence of law as aspecific social regulator. It is emphasized that legal principles are divided into the inherent law as a whole (common law),its individual branches (sectoral) or a group of related industries (intersectoral), as well as the principles of individualinstitutions. The paper analyzes in detail some of the principles specified in Article 3 of the Law of Ukraine “On CompulsoryState Social Insurance”: the principle of legislative definition of the conditions and procedure for social insurance; compulsoryinsurance of persons in accordance with the types of social insurance and the possibility of voluntary insurancein cases provided by law; providing state guarantees for the realization of their rights by insured persons; formation anduse of insurance funds on the basis of solidarity and subsidies, etc. Conclusions and prospects for the development. Based on the analysis of the principles of social insurance againstaccidents at work and occupational diseases enshrined in the legislation, it is proposed to supplement this list with theprinciple of self-government, which stipulates that all members of the insurance system, ie insured and insurers, areequally responsible for insurance fund management.

scholarly journals Foreign experience of financial support of citizens in case of unemployment

2020 ◽  
pp. 23-26
Author(s):  
Olena PETRUSHKA
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Social Insurance ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
The State ◽  
Social Benefits ◽  
Unemployment Benefits ◽  
Employment Policy ◽  
Social Insurance System ◽  
Insurance System ◽  
Swedish Model

Introduction. Unemployment, as one of the world's economic problems today, significantly affects the material, social and professional level of the working population. Payment of unemployment benefits is one of the measures of social support of citizens by the state. Such social benefits are twofold, as on the one hand they replace lost earnings, and on the other one they will be perceived by the state regulation of labor resources. The purpose of the paper is to study and borrow positive experience of social insurance in case of unemployment in different countries of the world in accordance with their affiliation to labor market models and employment promotion. Results. The American Unemployment Insurance System is formed solely by employers' contributions (except in 3 states where employees also pay contributions) and provides benefits for 26 weeks. Each state has its own social security program, according to which contributions are formed and unemployment benefits are paid. If we talk about the European model of employment, its characteristic feature is that it is focused on reducing employment by increasing productivity and increasing the income level of working citizens. The Swedish model of social insurance in the event of unemployment is characterized by an active employment policy, in particular, preference is given to vocational training and professional development. In addition, the emphasis is on providing employment by creating jobs in the public sector with average and satisfactory working and pay conditions. The Japanese model of employment incentives has a number of characteristic features: the country has a widespread system of lifelong employment; the amount of remuneration for work is set depending on the length of service of the employee, his age and marital status; trade unions (unions) are not created on a sectoral basis, but directly at the level of economic entities. Conclusion. Building a multi-level social insurance system enables insured persons to receive high-level social benefits, insurers to create favorable working conditions and select highly qualified workers, and insurers to regulate the labor market and reduce unemployment.

scholarly journals Kontrowersje wokół wykonywania pracy na rzecz własnego pracodawcy w rozumieniu art. 8 ust. 2a ustawy o systemie ubezpieczeń społecznych a zgodność tego przepisu z Konstytucją RP

2018 ◽  
Vol 113 ◽  
pp. 169-185
Author(s):  
Maciej Jakub Zieliński
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Social Insurance ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Social Insurance System ◽  
Insurance System ◽  
The Third ◽  
Service Contracts ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Security Act ◽  
The Third Party

ON CONTROVERSIES OVER INTERPRETATION OF THE PHRASE “PERFORMING WORK FOR THE BENEFIT OF ONE’S EMPLOYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 8 SECTION 2A OF THE SOCIAL INSURANCE SYSTEM ACT AND CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THAT PROVISIONThe article discusses controversies over interpretation of the phrase “performing work for the benefi t of one’s own employer” within the meaning of Article 8 section 2a of the Social Insurance System Act. The author criticizes interpretation of this phrase based solely on abstract theses formulated in individual judicial decisions, especially the ones of the Supreme Court. When detached from facts on which they were based, they can lead to unreasonable interpretation of the provision in question. The phrase “for the benefi t of one’s own employer”, should be construed through the prism of a relation that takes place in a typical employment relationship. In the three-subject configuration, when services are provided to the employer and the role of the third party is reduced to placement of workers which makes them similar, in terms of scope of their business, to temporary work agencies, this results in recognition that under service contracts concluded with those workers work is provided for their employer. It is quite diff erent for the situation where the third party is obliged to provide employer with a particular product, which is produced in the course of their business. Then, the key factor should rely on establishing whether the party in question bears organizational, technical and production risks related to manufactured products. Furthermore, considerations contained herein lead to the conclusion that the normative content of Article 8 section 2a of the Social Security Act settled in the Supreme Court’s case-law is incompatible with the principle of citizens’ trust in the state and its law. Article 8 section 2a of the Social Security Act itself, at least when it comes to performing work for one’s own employer within a civil-law contract concluded with a third party, is incompatible with Articles 217 and 64 section 3 of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland. Thus, opinions on how the law should stand were made herein.

scholarly journals The Problem of Social Protection in Albania

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-53
Author(s):  
Arlinda Shkreli Axhemi ◽  
Gert Dragoshi
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Social Insurance ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Protection System ◽  
Insurance Market ◽  
Social Security Systems ◽  
Security Systems ◽  
Social Insurance System ◽  
Insurance System ◽  
The Social

The aim of this paper is to analyze the social protection system in Albania during the last two decades. It highlights some of the problems and issues which are closely associated with elements of social security, as a phenomenon that focuses on finding solutions or solving the problems in social security systems in Albania. Of great importance are the changes in the social security legislation in recent years, which led to a new structure of the social insurance market in Albanian society. Also discussed are the types of benefits offered by our social insurance system. Our country occupies a special place in relation to the problems it has encountered with social protection and the social security law.

IDENTIFICATION OF THE MINIMUM LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE ON SOCIAL INSURANCE

2021 ◽  
Vol 562 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-18
Author(s):  
Robert Marczak
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Social Insurance ◽  
Insurance Coverage ◽  
The State ◽  
Social Insurance System ◽  
Insurance System ◽  
Social Risks ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Individual

The Polish social insurance system is a part of the social security scheme. The Constitution of the Republic of Poland imposes on the state an obligation to create such system and to fulfill social security guarantees for every citizen. Participation in the social insurance system, and thus insurance coverage in the field of the consequences of social risks, is strictly dependent on the fact of performing a gainful activity on the principles set out in the social insurance act (among others: work under a contract of employment or under a civil law contract and conducting business). The legality of employment and the employer fairness on the one hand, and the effectiveness of control authorities of state institutions on the other hand, are two driving engines of the insurance guarantee. Responsibility for providing such insurance protection lies between the institutional activities of the state and the individual foresight of the citizen. It is on his/her side that knowledge about social insurance plays a very important role as an element of risk awareness. The act on the social insurance system imposes on the Polish executive institution in the area of social insurance (the Polish social insurance institution, ZUS) the obligation to popularize this knowledge. The purpose of the article is the attempt to indicate the scope of a minimum knowledge of social insurance, which will allow a citizen to make a conscious participation in the system, i.e. effective protection against the results of the possible risks.

scholarly journals Wykonawcy wspólnie realizujący zamówienie publiczne a art. 8 ust. 2a ustawy z dnia 13 października 1998 r. o systemie ubezpieczeń społecznych

2018 ◽  
Vol 113 ◽  
pp. 105-120
Author(s):  
Ariel Przybyłowicz
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Social Insurance ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Civil Law ◽  
Social Insurance System ◽  
Employment Contract ◽  
The Public ◽  
Insurance System ◽  
The Social ◽  
Public Contract

CONTRACTORS JOINTLY IMPLEMENTING A PUBLIC CONTRACT AND ARTICLE 8 SEC. 2A OF THE ACT OF 13TH OF OCTOBER 1998 ON THE SOCIAL INSURANCE SYSTEMArticle 8 para. 2a of the Act on the social insurance system includes the so-called extended employee defi nition. For social security purposes, it is also a person who has entered into a civil law contract with his own employer or with another entity, but performs this contract for his own employer. This provision creates signifi cant practical problems, including the problems on the basis of public procurements. One of the problematic questions is employing of the same people by several contractors, who perform the public procurement together as a consortium. The question then arises whether the work performed on the basis of a civil law contract concluded with one of such contractors, next to the employment contract concluded with another contractor, constitutes the title of social insurance according to the mentioned provision. In the article the Author presents potential confi gurations of such employment and tries to answer the question, in which of those confi gurations is the Article 8 para. 2a of the Act on the social insurance system applicable. According to Author, its automatic application in all of those situations is unacceptable.

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