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Social protection in times of plague and beyond

Zabezpieczenie społeczne w czasach zarazy i po niej

  • Introduction: As historically verified, countries with comprehensive, well designed social protection systems in place are better prepared to cope with large scale catastrophes of all kinds, always in such situation there is still a need for government interventions other than social protection and larger scale discretionary social protection or related interventions. Objective: The article presents the actions of countries to minimize the negative social effects of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The text is an attempt to answer how social security systems should be adapted to aforementioned crisis? Materials and methods: The text uses research methods such as: literature criticism and statistical analysis of data and revision of implemented state intervention policies based on reports of Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, International Labour Organizaton, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions and International Monetary Fund. Results: 1) For social security institutions of key importance to ensure continuity of operations of all services – of contributory social insurance as well of social assistance - was to ensure continuous payment of all benefits due and quick response to the new entitlement emerging. It is also necessary to ensure that all citizens are fully insured, regardless of the form of contract under which they perform work. 2) In many countries, special emergency measures that extended coverage and increased benefits were taken by governments without clearly identifying the sources of funding and very often burdening social security funds with non-statutory expenses and affecting their long-term financial sustainability. 3) In the longer run, there is a need to ensure universal health care coverage of the adequate quality, there is a need to develop policies which will secure at least minimum income security to all – independently of their labour market status, forms of employment, sex, ethnicity or nationality.

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Document Type:Article
Language:English
Author:Krzysztof Hagemejer
Parent Title (English):Social Insurance. Theory and Practice
Parent Title (Polish):Ubezpieczenia Społeczne. Teoria i praktyka
Volume:156
Issue:1
Number of pages:23
First Page:11
Last Page:33
ISSN:1731-0725
URN:urn:nbn:de:hbz:1044-opus-76615
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0053.4173
Publisher:Index Copernicus
Publishing Institution:Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg
Date of first publication:2023/04/26
Keyword:COVID-19; cash transfers; crisis response; social assistance; social protection
Departments, institutes and facilities:Fachbereich Sozialpolitik und Soziale Sicherung
Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC):3 Sozialwissenschaften / 36 Soziale Probleme, Sozialdienste / 360 Soziale Probleme und Sozialdienste; Verbände
Entry in this database:2023/11/14
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - CC BY-NC - Namensnennung - Nicht kommerziell 4.0 International