CONTRACTORS JOINTLY IMPLEMENTING A PUBLIC CONTRACT AND ARTICLE 8 SEC. 2A OF THE ACT OF 13TH OF OCTOBER 1998 ON THE SOCIAL INSURANCE SYSTEMArticle 8 para. 2a of the Act on the social insurance system includes the so-called extended employee defi nition. For social security purposes, it is also a person who has entered into a civil law contract with his own employer or with another entity, but performs this contract for his own employer. This provision creates signifi cant practical problems, including the problems on the basis of public procurements. One of the problematic questions is employing of the same people by several contractors, who perform the public procurement together as a consortium. The question then arises whether the work performed on the basis of a civil law contract concluded with one of such contractors, next to the employment contract concluded with another contractor, constitutes the title of social insurance according to the mentioned provision. In the article the Author presents potential confi gurations of such employment and tries to answer the question, in which of those confi gurations is the Article 8 para. 2a of the Act on the social insurance system applicable. According to Author, its automatic application in all of those situations is unacceptable.
The COVID-19 crisis is changing our world. The measures taken to tackle it have not only led to restrictions of freedom and temporary social isola tion. They have also plunged the global economy into a deep recession. Even if its extent cannot yet be predicted 1 -it will leave deep scars.Deliveries are cancelled at short notice, production comes to a standstill, and the demand for products and services suddenly stops. Companies and self-employed persons are affected in different ways. While -as in most cri sis situations -some even benefit from it, others are left without a job and income overnight. In any case, the measures taken to fight the pandemic will only be temporary, even if the process may take longer than many expected when the measures were first implemented, and the economy and society will recover. What the long-term repercussions of the interim shutdowns will be and what the 'New Normal' will look like is hardly foreseeable today. Nevertheless, in times of crisis it is an obvious strategy not to leave the economy to its own devices, but to maintain instead capacities and to ensure that they can be used again later. However, this can be pursued in different ways and with various degrees of vehemence. In this respect, the corona crisis is no different from any other economic slumps triggered by external shocks.A look at the development of the unemployment rate before, during and after the financial crisis of 2008, which is shown below, is revealing: The curves can be seen as symbolising different social policy approaches.
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Autor analizuje wybrane rozwiązania prawne w polskim i niemieckim ubezpieczeniu chorobowym, szukając odpowiedzi na pytanie, co determinuje kształt przyjętych rozwiązań prawnych w odniesieniu do zasiłku chorobowego. Czy polski i niemiecki ustawodawca, kształtując prawo do zasiłku chorobowego, opiera się wyłącznie na kategorii ryzyka socjalnego czasowej niezdolności do pracy, rozumianej jako niezdolność do pracy wskutek choroby pociągającej za sobą utratę zarobku, czy też posiłkuje się również innymi kryteriami? Analiza polskich i niemieckich rozwiązań prowadzi do wniosku, że ustawodawcy w wielu przypadkach odchodzą od kryterium ryzyka socjalnego, a prawo do zasiłku chorobowego determinowane jest często potrzebą, choć odejście od kryterium ryzyka socjalnego w obu ustawodawstwach ma miejsce nie zawsze w tych samych obszarach. Przeprowadzona analiza może być pomocna przy konstruowaniu prawa do zasiłku bardziej opierającego się na kryterium ryzyka socjalnego, które powinno być podstawową kategorią ubezpieczenia społecznego jako jednego z działów zabezpieczenia społecznego.
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