Selected Legal Regulations of Sickness Insurance, Pension Insurance and Accident Insurance in the Context of Constitutional Principle of Equality and Justice Cover Image

Niektóre regulacje prawne ubezpieczenia chorobowego, rentowego i wypadkowego a konstytucyjna zasada równości i sprawiedliwości
Selected Legal Regulations of Sickness Insurance, Pension Insurance and Accident Insurance in the Context of Constitutional Principle of Equality and Justice

Author(s): Inetta Jędrasik-Jankowska
Subject(s): Constitutional Law, Civil Law, Welfare systems, Health and medicine and law, Family and social welfare
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: Constitution; sickness insurance; pension insurance; accident insurance; principle of equality and justice,

Summary/Abstract: Constitution of Republic of Poland in the article 67 grants citizens access to social security whenever incapacitated for work by reason of sickness or invalidism as well as having attained retirement age. The scope and forms of social security shall be specified by statute. Statutes which regulate basic issues of social insurance law (sickness insurance, pension insurance, accident insurance) not always obey constitutional principle of equality and justice. In the article author presents selected legal provisions which violate this rule.

  • Issue Year: 62/2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 79-92
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish