EssentialSocialSecurityLawEdition: 2ndEditionPublicationdate: 2006Author/Editors: Strydom,EMLeISBN: 9781485119418Format: eBookNumberofPages: 304Retailprice: R685.00(incl.VAT)WebsiteLink: juta.co.za/pdf/24518/

AboutthisPublication:

ThesecondeditionofEssentialSocialSecurityLaw,examinesthelawthatseekstoalleviatetheeconomicandsocialconsequencessufferedbypeopleintheeventofacompleteorpartiallossofincome.Itfocusesonthosecontingenciesthathaveadirectimpactonaperson’searningcapacity.Intheprocessofexaminingthesecontingencies,thebookdealswithlegislationsuchastheSocialAssistanceAct,PensionFundsAct,CompensationforOccupationalInjuriesandDiseasesAct,UnemploymentInsuranceAct,BasicConditionsofEmploymentActandMedicalSchemesAct.EssentialSocialSecurityLawalsoconsidersnewstatutesthathavecomeintooperationsincethepreviousedition.Thebookalsoincludesjudgmentsdealingwithvariousaspectsofsocialsecurityandcross-referencestheimportantandcomprehensivereportonsocialsecuritycompiledbytheTaylorCommittee.

ContentsInclude:

IntroductiontosocialsecuritylawOldageanddeathEmploymentinjuriesUnemploymentSicknessInvalidityMedicalcareMaternityTheneedtomaintainchildrenPersonalandcommunitycrisesHardshipcausedbythestateThelackofopportunitiesfordisadvantagedmembersofsocietyFinancingsocialsecurityTheadministrationofsocialsecurityDiscriminationinsocialsecuritylegislationMigrantworkersTheroleoftheInternationalLabourOrganisationinsocialsecurity

OfInterestandBenefitto:

PractitionersspecialisinginsocialsecurityandlabourlawTradeunionofficialsOfficialsoftheDepartmentsofSocialServices,Labour,HealthandFinanceandSocialservicesStudentsinthefieldofsocialsecuritywillfindthetextuser-friendlyandaccessible