Miljen Matijašević
E-mail: miljen.matijasevic@gmail.com
Office: G10, room 6 (1st floor)
Tue, 11:30-12:30
Today’s session
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Revision of the last session
2. Social Policy
Employment
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minimum wage
to abuse confidential information
sick pay
particulars of employment
holiday entitlement
redundancy payment
labour code
collective agreement
pension scheme
remuneration
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minimalni dohodak
zloupotrijebiti povjerljive informacije
naknada za bolovanje
detalji o radnome mjestu, dužnostima i pravima
pravo na godišnji odmor
otpremnina
zakon o radu
kolektivni ugovor
plan uplate mirovinskih doprinosa
plaća
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direct discrimination
indirect discrimination
associative discrimination
perceptive discrimination
positive discrimination
harrassment
summary dismissal
constructive dismissal
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radno vrijeme
otkazati ugovor o radu
otkazni rok
rodiljni dopust
sindikat
prekid radnog odnosa
teška povreda obveze iz radnog odnosa
zabrana diskriminacije
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working hours
to resign / to dismiss an employee
notice period
maternity (parental) leave
trade/labour union
termination of employment
gross misconduct
non-discrimination
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grievance
disciplinary procedure
victimisation
employment tribunal
compensation
reinstatement
re-engagement
Social Policy
 The term used to refer to:
 Government policies for welfare and social protection
 Ways in which welfare is developed in a society
 Academic study of the subject
 It is an interdisciplinary area which involves issues
dealt with in sociology, social work, psychology,
economics, political science, management, history,
philosophy and law
Social Policy
 Definition by the Department of Social Policy of the
LSE:
 „an interdisciplinary and applied subject
concerned with the analysis of societies'
responses to social need”
Social Policy
 In practice, social policy is concerned with:
 policy and administrative practice in social services
(health care, social security, education, employment
services, housing management),
 social problems (crime, disability, unemployment,
mental health, learning disability, old age),
 issues relating to social disadvantage (race, gender,
poverty)
What is social policy?
 Read the text on p.23
Welfare
 Two main meanings of the term:
 Well-being of people
 Range of services provided to protect people in certain
conditions (childhood, sickness, old age,
unemployment, etc.)
*in the US the term ‘welfare’ refers mainly to financial assistance provided to
the poor, disabled, unemployed, etc. – negative connotations!
Social Security (Minimum Standards)
Convention 1952 by ILO
 International Labour Organisation (a UN body)
defined traditional situations to which the society
should respond
 What do you think those are?
Social Security (Minimum Standards)
Convention 1952 by ILO (1/2)
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Survival beyond a prescribed age, to be covered by old age
pensions;
The loss of support suffered by a widow or child as the
result of the death of the breadwinner (survivor’s benefit);
Responsibility for the maintenance of children (family
benefit);
The treatment of any morbid condition (including
pregnancy), whatever its cause (medical care);
A suspension of earnings due to pregnancy and
confinement and their consequences (maternity benefit);
Social Security (Minimum Standards)
Convention 1952 by ILO (2/2)
6. A suspension of earnings due to an inability to obtain
suitable employment for protected persons who are
capable of, and available for, work (unemployment
benefits);
7. A suspension of earnings due to an incapacity for work
resulting from a morbid condition (sickness leave
benefit);
8. A permanent or persistent inability to engage in any
gainful activity (disability benefits);
9. The costs and losses involved in medical care, sickness
leave, invalidity and death of the breadwinner due to an
occupational accident or disease (employment injuries).
Types of welfare - UK
1. contributional (contributory)
2. non-contributional (non-contributory)
1. means-tested
2. non-means-tested
Types of welfare - UK
 State Pension
 Housing Benefit
 Disability Living Allowance
 Pension Credit
 Income Support
 Rent Rebates
 Attendance Allowance
 Jobseeker’s Allowance
 Incapacity Benefit, etc.
Provision of Welfare
 Welfare is provided in the:
 public sector (state welfare)
 private sector (provision for profit by
commercial organisations – e.g. insurance
companies)
 voluntary (provision on a non-profit basis)
Provision of Welfare
 public sector (state welfare)
 universal standards
 social control (protection of certain groups, compulsory
education, punishment for criminals, etc.)
 cost-effectiveness
 residual provision (acts as a safety net for those not provided for
in other ways)
Do you see any disadvantages to the public provision of welfare?
 Possibility of corruption, state deciding for the individual, no direct
incentive for users to reduce costs
Provision of Welfare
 private sector
 consumer-driven – choice for users
 better responsiveness to need
Disadvantage:
 market-driven systems exclude people with extreme
needs – usually more risk involved for the provider
The Scope of Social Policy
 Read the text on p. 24 ‘The Scope of Social Policy’
The Welfare State
 Although there are different interpretations of the
term, it basically means that the state cares and
provides funds to support welfare activities
 The idea is that the entire society contributes at a
proportional rate to income to the well-being of those
in need
 CONTRIBUTIONS to health care and pension funds
 As opposed to this idea, each individual would have to
take care of themselves (provide for health care,
pension, etc.)
Welfare
 ARGUMENTS IN FAVOUR OF WELFARE
 Humanitarian
 Practical – more social welfare means less poverty and
crime
 Issue – not whether it should exist but how it should be
organised and implemented
Welfare
 ARGUMENTS AGAINST WELFARE
 In conflict with personal freedom to use own property as
desired
 Based on compulsion
 May infringe on the rights of the individual
 May produce dependency on welfare and trap people in
poverty
Welfare
 Welfare is not only for the poor – it helps create social
solidary networks from which each individual can
benefit
 Most individuals belong to such networks (through
family, work, education, etc.) but some do not – these
are considered to be excluded
 Social inclusion is one of the aims of social welfare
 In addition – it helps the economy by enhancing the
purchasing power of the disadvantaged, thus
supporting market stability
Social Policy
DISCUSSION
 What policy changes would you like to see
implemented in our country? How do you think they
would contribute to the society in general?
 What arguments in favour or against welfare do you
agree with?
Thank you for your attention!