EssentialSocialSecurityLawEdition: 2ndEditionPublicationdate: 2006Author/Editors: Strydom,EMLISBN: 9780702173202Format: SoftCoverNumberofPages: 304Retailprice: R685.00(incl.VAT,excl.delivery.)WebsiteLink: juta.co.za/pdf/22866/

AboutthisPublication:

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

ContentsInclude:

IntroductiontosocialsecuritylawOldageanddeathEmploymentinjuriesUnemploymentSicknessInvalidityMedicalcareMaternityTheneedtomaintainchildrenPersonalandcommunitycrisesHardshipcausedbythestateThelackofopportunitiesfordisadvantagedmembersofsocietyFinancingsocialsecurityTheadministrationofsocialsecurityDiscriminationinsocialsecuritylegislationMigrantworkersTheroleoftheInternationalLabourOrganisationinsocialsecurity

OfInterestandBenefitto:

PractitionersspecialisinginsocialsecurityandlabourlawTradeunionofficialsOfficialsoftheDepartmentsofSocialServices,Labour,HealthandFinanceandSocialservicesStudentsinthefieldofsocialsecuritywillfindthetextuser-friendlyandaccessible