Therefore, compulsory contributions to a social insurance scheme must not necessarily result in the payment of insurance benefits.

Social insurance

Source Social Insurance Board, www.ensib.ee

Operating in the country is a system of insurance that takes two forms State social insurance and voluntary social insurance (article 215 of the Labour Code).

If a business partnership was involved, spouses could pay social insurance and build up their own social insurance record.

Another option was to develop a social insurance record on the basis of off farm earnings or by continuing contributions on the basis of previous, non farm employment.

Insurance companies, insurance brokers, and institutions involved with private pension plans or social security

In order to secure payment of obligatory contributions for social welfare and pension insurance, the Federation authorities have developed rules and regulations on contributions and on income taxes to identify the lowest basis for calculating contributions and taxes, up to 55 per cent of the latest statistically registered salary.

Concerning social insurance, the Charter on Social Insurance has been revised in 2003 to include more provisions beneficial to female workers as mentioned above.

Sakareli, Sofia, Department of Social Protection and Insurance

Tatsi, Eleni, Department of Social Protection and Insurance

Vendi, Stavroula, Department of Social Protection and Insurance

The payment of contributions is different depending on regions and the health insurance payer.

Katsivardakou, Theodora, Head, Department of Social Protection and Insurance

The National Insurance Institute (NII) is the governmental body responsible for the administration of the social insurance programs.

wages, salaries and social insurance benefits due to its employees

Contributions to the Economic and Social

Sarri, Stamatina Amalia, Head, Directorate of Employment, Social Protection and Insurance

The Law on Social Welfare The Law on Health Care The Law on Health Insurance The Law on Pension Disability Insurance.

Rural female workers have yet to enjoy fully policies on social insurance.

Implementing children's right to benefit from social security, including social insurance, is an important element of any strategy (art.

Female workers who have paid social insurance for 15 years receive pension equal to 45 of the average monthly salary, which is the basis for payment of social insurance, as applied for male workers.

Pension disability insurance is among the basic social welfare and basic social security rights, which are acquired based upon work.

A social partnership group was working to develop a fully inclusive social insurance model that would include the partnership option.

Female workers aged 55, having paid social insurance for 25 years and male workers aged 60, having paid social insurance for 30 years, are entitled to equal maximum monthly pension in accordance with the Government's regulations.

The right to pensions and disability insurance is considered one of the basic social rights and social security elements for citizens.

For every child born to them after the first child, women farmers, insured in the farmers' main insurance branch (law 2458 1997), are exempted from their contribution liability towards the Agricultural Insurance Organization (O.G.A) as regards contributions towards old age pension and sickness insurance as well as contributions towards the Farmers' Union Fund for one year after the birth of each child apart from the first child.

The government has established the National Social Security Insurance Fund to provide social assistance for employees in the private sector and elsewhere.

The majority of the world's 150 million unemployed have no unemployment insurance or social protection.

The right of every person in Bosnia and Herzegovina to social security and social insurance is provided for through social protection, health care, and pension and disability protection.

Government Decree 01 2003 ND CP on January 9, 2003 amending the Charter on Social Insurance.

Furthermore, UNIDO's contributions to joint activities with United Nations bodies and to the after service health insurance scheme are shown under this Programme.

Mothers affiliated to the IKA TEAM (Social Insurance Fund Employee's Supplementary Insurance Fund, the largest Insurance Fund in Greece) who give birth after 1 1 2003 or, if the right is not exercised by mothers, then fathers, can have a fictitious insurance period recognized, in order to fulfill the conditions for a minimum insurance period and be entitled to pension rights.

In 2004, the Medical Insurance Plan received total income of 3,754,260 from staff premiums and proportional contributions from UNHCR and 258,710 in interest earned.

Concerning maternity protection, women insured in the main insurance branch who give birth to a second child or any child after the second child are exempted, for a certain period of time, from the obligation to pay insurance contributions.

Based on data from cantonal health care offices, the majority of those obliged to pay contributions (more than 50 per cent) do not fulfil their obligations and do not pay the contributions so that over 90 per cent of realized revenues from contributions for compulsory health insurance are revenues from contributions paid by employers.

Positive corporate contributions to the economic and social development of host developing countries

Positive corporate contributions to the economic and social development of host developing countries

This theme was the subject of a discussion of social policy on the elderly, social insurance laws and their role in providing care for elderly persons.

Israel has an advanced social insurance system, protecting against major contingencies of income loss prevalent in a modern society.

Insurance of persons business which includes life insurance, health insurance and accident and injury insurance.

There are many kinds of insurance such as health insurance, fire insurance, life insurance, etc.

Since one of the spouses had the right to be exempted of the Main Insurance Branch contributions, following a statement of consent of both spouses, the relevant provision usually operated at the expense of women, and this is the reason why the Organisation of Agricultural Insurance has proposed its abolition and the promotion of obligatory insurance of both spouses.

The Law on Health Care The Law on Health Insurance The Law on Social Welfare The Law on Children's Welfare.

Item 3. Positive corporate contributions to the economic and social development of host developing countries