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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