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The early 1990s established the existing framework for state pensions in the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and Superannuation and other Funds (Validation) Act 1992. In 2002 the Pensions Commission was established as a cross-party body to review pensions in the United Kingdom.
Not including Social Security and Medicare, Congress allocated almost $717 billion in federal funds in 2010 plus $210 billion was allocated in state funds ($927 billion total) for means tested welfare programs in the United States, of which half was for medical care and roughly 40% for cash, food and housing assistance.
Journal of Social Policy 37.4 (2008): 579-595. on the United Kingdom online; Minkler, Meredith, and Carroll L. Estes, eds. Readings in the political economy of aging (1984) Myles, John. "Postwar capitalism and the extension of social security into a retirement wage." in Critical perspectives on aging (Routledge, 2020) pp. 293–309.
After World War II, the Finns directed their attention to maternal and child care. In 1957 the government established an improved national pension plan and supplemented it in the early 1960s with private pension funds. Unemployment aid was organized in 1959 and in 1960, and it was reformed in 1972.
Pensions in Turkey can be public or private. Article 60 of the 1982 Turkish constitution (similar to Article 48 of the 1961 constitution) states that "Everyone has the right to social security and the State shall take the necessary measures and establish the organization for the provision of social security." [1]
By the mid-60s, the need to unify the legislation on social security, including laws on pensions, social insurance, and social benefits arose. In the 70s and 80s, the government adopted a number of regulations aimed at improving social security.
The Brazilian social security system is an integral component of the country's social welfare program. It is primarily funded through contributions from companies, which are required to contribute 20% of the remuneration paid each month to their employees (with an employment contract) and to payments made to independent contractors.
In France employees of some government-owned corporations enjoy a special retirement plan, collectively known as régimes spéciaux de retraite.These professions include employees of the SNCF (national railways), the RATP (Parisian transport), the electrical and gas companies (EDF and GDF) which used to be government-owned; as well as some employees whose functions are directly related to the ...