Individualisation of Entitlements to Benefits Against the Background of Changes and Regulations in the European Union

• Autorzy: Zofia Czepulis-Rutkowska
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The aim of this paper is to present the conditions and justify the need to introduce changes in the social security systems of European States against the background of socio-economic transformations at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries, with special attention paid to individualisation of rights to benefits. Individual and derivative rights to benefits exist in all social security systems, however their proportions differ between various states. The widest scope of rights' individualization is observed in Scandinavian countries. As it seems, in other countries, even if the very changes aimed at extending the scope of rights' individualisation are not introduced, they are for some years now under intense discussions (Meyer 1998). It is interesting to see how this subject is approached in the European Union legislation. Since the EU uses an Open Method of Coordination (OMC) in an increasing number of cases in the social field, this method will be discussed with special attention paid to the individualisation of rights to benefits. Thus, the objective of this paper is to show the problem against the background of the OMC - to check if the Open Method of Coordination in the field of pensions may contribute to extension of the scope of individual rights to benefits and if individualization of rights to benefits may contribute to achievement of goals of the Open Method of Coordination. (fragment of text)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Social assistance; European Community law; Social security

PL

Pomoc społeczna; Prawo WE; Bezpieczeństwo socjalne

• Czasopismo: Polityka Społeczna
• Rocznik: 2010
• Numer: nr 1 (ang) Individualisation of Social Rights Social Rights : Individual or Derived?
• Strony: 15--18

Twórcy

autor

Zofia Czepulis-Rutkowska

• Institute of Labour and Social Studies, Warsaw, Poland

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