Equity in the focus of the public pension system

The pension system is one of the most important elements of social protection in any country. It must be structured to pursue fairness - overcoming poverty among the elderly and striving to preserve to a large extent the consumer power of individuals before and after retirement. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to highlight the challenges to achieving fairness in the public pension system and to look for options for its reorganization in a way that most fully corresponds to the set goals in a long-term aspect. The positive and negative features of variants of reforms carried out are examined and the advantages of applying an endogenous pension system based on the Notional defined contribution scheme are put forward

Employment and the "working poor" phenomenon in the EU

The topics of poverty and social inclusion are most often addressed within the labour market integration issue. Since 2013, the employment in the EU has increased. In 2015, the total employment rate is 65.6% (population aged 15-64). In the same time 9.4% of all employed (21 million people) are at risk of poverty. The conclusion is that almost a quarter of all poor people in Europe are working and the employment did not protect them from the poverty. Therefore, this report is focused the labour market factors that provoke different levels of poverty spreading among the employed and the possibilities of the policies to limit the problem.peer-reviewe

The social responsibility of business regarding education

In the context of globalization and accelerated digitalization, the corporate social responsibility is a powerful support factor in improving the education and competencies of the current and future workforce. On the one hand, this will bring social and economic benefits to staff in terms of their development and career. On the other hand, a highly educated and skilled workforce is a valuable asset for competitiveness, high productivity and economic growth. In addition, the involvement of the employers in curriculum development and partnerships with NGOs can contribute to higher efficiency of educational systems to the current needs of the modern business organizations. Therefore, this article seeks good examples and solutions of how the corporate social responsibility can be directed to achieving better educational results

Правни и икономически аспекти на държавния контрол за спазване на трудовото законодателство

The realization of the constitutionally guaranteed right to work and the related subjective labour rights have been and will always be a serious challenge for legislation and legal doctrine. In this sense, state control over compliance with labour legislation has been a constant companion in the development of labour legislation, with the institute changing and evolving in accordance with the development of social relations at the particular stage and the related needs for adequate protection of rights. In the current moment, the modern forms of digitalization of labor and the increasingly aggressive use of artificial intelligence in employment relations poses in front of both legislation and doctrine qualitatively different challenges, requiring the introduction of new, adaptive to the new social realities normative means to protect the interests of working persons. Over the last twenty-five years, new non-standard forms of work have emerged, significantly changing concepts and standards in terms of employment position, social security, organisation, location and working time periods. This determines the relevance of the development of the control of compliance with labour legislation. The authors have used an interdisciplinary approach to conduct the research by combining a legal with an economic approach in analyzing the nature and aspects of control. In this way, a comprehensive study of the legal institute of labour law compliance control, not conducted in doctrine, is provided. The scientific objective of the monographic work is a comprehensive - both doctrinal and theoretical, analysis and study of the control mechanisms for compliance with labour legislation, examined through the prism of normative systematics and in the aspect of their economic effects on traditional and alternative forms of employment. The object of the study is the current normative framework regulating the state control of compliance with labour legislation and the practical impact of its implementation. The study is structured in a classical content of two parts with their respective chapters, in which different aspects of the state control of compliance with labour legislation are analyzed in interrelation. The two parts correspond to the two axes around which the research is conducted, namely legal and economic aspects of state control. In this interrelation, the legal and economic aspects of the monographic work serve not only the legal and economic doctrine enriching in a theoretical perspective the institute of the control of compliance with the labor legislation, but are also useful for the practice and, in particular, the control institutions and the subjects of the labor legal relationship. In conclusion and on the basis of the legal and economic analysis carried out in the individual parts, substantiated conclusions, specific legislative proposals and recommendations to the control institutions are drawn

ADJUSTING UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS TO THE ECONOMIC CYCLE

As a socio-economic phenomenon, unemployment is intrinsic to any market economy. Unemployment benefits provide incomes to individuals who have lost their jobs and the possibility of bearing the severity of risk collectively. The generosity of unemployment benefits may affect the incentives for searching and accepting a job, as well as the duration of unemployment. They could therefore act as an inbuilt economic stabiliser which is adjusted to a particular economic cycle. The article aims to identify potential pros and cons and examine the extent to which unemployment benefits in Europe and Bulgaria successfully act as inbuilt automatic stabilisers

50 години Катедра „Социална медицина и организация на здравеопазването`

22 Май 201