Solidarism without solidarity – the impact of the Solidarity Fund performance on the public sector debt

Natalia Marska-Dzioba

Abstract


The article presents a critical analysis of the successive stages of the legislative process and the gradual expansion of the Solidarity Fund's tasks and the impact of these changes on its financial management. The aim of the study is to present the consequences of the implementation of (politically-driven) ad-hoc measures both for the financial management of the Solidarity Fund itself and its impact on the debt of the entire sector. Although the Fund's primary goal was to provide additional support for people with disabilities, its ultimate function is to primarily finance one-off  benefits, paid on annual basis, for old-age and disability pensioners beyond all the principles of the social policy, which, as a result, weakens the existing system of labour market protection.

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the Solidarity Fund, public finance, disability

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.19197/tbr.v19i3.335

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