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Poland - Social security (general standards) - Law, Act

Act of 3 April 2009 to amend the Act on Old-Age and Disability Pensions from the Social Insurance Fund (Text No. 596). -

Adoption: 2009-04-03 | Date of entry into force: 2009-05-21 | POL-2009-L-82751

Amends paragraph 81 of the Act concerning funeral grants.

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Law, Act

Act of 9th January 2009 to amend the Social Insurance System Act (Text No. 75).

Adoption: 2009-01-09 | Date of entry into force: 2009-01-29 | POL-2009-L-82712

Some amendments to the Social Insurance System Act with respect to contributions (articles 22, 58, 63, 65 and 112).

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Law, Act

Act of 19 December 2008 on Early Retirement (Text No. 1656). (Ustawa z dnia 19 grudnia 2008 r. o emeryturach pomostowych) -

Adoption: 2008-12-19 | Date of entry into force: 2009-01-01 | POL-2008-L-90155

This Act deals with the conditions for the acquisition and loss of pension rights and compensation for certain employees working in special conditions or of a special nature as provided in art. 24(2) and (3) Act of 17 December 1998 on Old-Age and Disability Pensions from the Social Insurance Fund.

Chapter 1 - General Provisions
Chapter 2 - Terms of the rights acquisition and loss to early retirement
Chapter 3 - Compensation
Chapter 4 - Rules in matters of early retirement
Chapter 5 - Organization and operation of the Early Retirement Fund
Chapter 6 - Principles and procedures for payment of Early Retirement Fund and the principles of early retirement funding
Chapter 7 - Responsibilities of the Social Security and contributors for creating and maintaining a central registry of jobs and employees performing work under special conditions or special character
Chapter 8 - Amendments to the existing legislation
Chapter 9 - Transitional and final provisions.

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Law, Act

Act of 5th December 2008 to amend Act on the social insurance system and, Act on retirement pensions and other pensions from the Social Insurance Fund (Text No. 38). (USTAWA z dnia 5 grudnia 2008 r. o zmianie ustawy o systemie ubezpieczen spożecznych oraz ustawy o emeryturach i rentach z Funduszu Ubezpieczen Spożecznych)

Adoption: 2008-12-05 | Date of entry into force: 2009-02-04 | POL-2008-L-82711

Amends Act No. 887 of 13 October 1998 on the social insurance system concerning the rules for the calculation of retirement contributions for persons in the agricultural and parallel industries. Also amends Act of 17 December 1998 on Old-Age and Disability Pensions from the Social Insurance Fund by updating the rules for pensions from the Social Insurance Fund for insured and family members. Once a year there is to be special tripartite consultations in the framework of the Socio-Economic Committee on how to bring those benefits in line with current average salary and economic (inflation) indicators.

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Law, Act

Act of 21 November 2008 on funded pension schemes (Ustawa z dnia 21 listopada 2008 r. o emeryturach kapitalowych ) -

Adoption: 2008-11-21 | Date of entry into force: 2009-01-08 | POL-2008-L-105935

Chapter 1. General provisions
Chapter 2. Types of pension schemes and rules of acquiring rights to benefit
Chapter 3. Rules and conditions of granting pension benefit
Chapter 4. Rules of determining the amount and mode of payment of pension benefit
Chapter 5. Amendments to the existing regulations, transitional and final provisions.

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Law, Act

Act of 4 September 2008 to amend Act on retirement pensions and other pensions from the Social Insurance Fund (Text No 1180).

Adoption: 2008-09-04 | Date of entry into force: 2008-10-28 | POL-2008-L-80629

Amends article 15 of the previous Act of 2005 regarding evaluation of individual contributions to the pension fund.

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

The Ordinance of the President of the Seym of the Republic of Poland, of 17 June 2008, regarding the publication of unanimous Social Assistance Act (Text No. 728).

Adoption: 2008-06-17 | Date of entry into force: 2004-05-01 | POL-2008-R-80354

Consolidates the Social Assistance Act, taking into account previous amendments. The Act is structured as follows:

Chapter I - General provisions
Chapter II - Social services' Benefits
Chapter III - Organization
Chapter IV - Repeals, transitional and final provisions.

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Law, Act

Act of 28 March 2008 to amend the Act on retirement pensions and other pensions from the Social Insurance Fund, and some other Acts (Text No. 411).

Adoption: 2008-03-28 | Date of entry into force: 2008-05-06 | POL-2008-L-80360

Amends the previous Act of 1998 concerning early retirement pensions from the Social Insurance Fund.

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Law, Act

Act of 7 September 2007 amending the Act on retirement pensions and other pensions from the Social Insurance Fund (Text No. 1368).

Adoption: 2007-09-07 | Date of entry into force: 2008-01-01 | POL-2007-L-79399

Minor amendments made to the previous Act of 17 December 1997.

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Law, Act

Act of 7 September 2007 amending the Act on retirement pensions and other pensions from the Social Insurance Fund pensions, and some other Acts (Text No. 1369).

Adoption: 2007-09-07 | Date of entry into force: 2007-11-01 | POL-2007-L-79400

Amendments to the conditions of granting retirement pensions for certain professions (teachers and miners).

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Law, Act

Act of 24 August 2007, amending the Social Pension Act (Text No. 1241).

Adoption: 2007-08-24 | Date of entry into force: 2007-10-09 | POL-2007-L-79387

Amends the previous Act of 27 June 2003 regarding funeral grants.

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Law, Act

Act of 24 August 2007, amending the Public Funding of Healthcare Act and some other Acts (Text No.1172).

Adoption: 2007-08-24 | Date of entry into force: 2007-09-28 | POL-2007-L-79419

Amendments to the previous Act of 27 August 2004, regarding public spending on the healthcare, and the extend of public health services.

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Law, Act

Act of 29 June 2007 amending the Public Funding of the Healthcare Act; and Compulsory Insurance Act, Guaranteed Insurance Fund, and the Polish Bureau of Communicational Insurers (Text No. 922).

Adoption: 2007-06-29 | Date of entry into force: 2007-10-01 | POL-2007-L-79406

Amends the Public Funding of Healthcare Act of 27 August 2004 Act and the Compulsory Insurance Act, of 22 May 2003.

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Law, Act

Act of 24 May 2007 amending the Family Benefits Act and Agrarian Tax Act (Text No. 747).

Adoption: 2007-05-24 | Date of entry into force: 2007-07-05 | POL-2007-L-79401

Amendments to the rules for obtaining family benefits.

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Decree of the Minister of Labour and Social Policy of 17 April 2007, concerning financial assistance for hostels and houses for the homeless (Text No. 471).

Adoption: 2007-04-17 | Date of entry into force: 2007-04-17 | POL-2007-R-79430

Conditions to be meet by organizations applying for the state funding of hostels and other places for homeless people. Includes relevant application forms.

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Law, Act

Act of 29 March 2007 amending the Act on war weterans and some victims of war and postwar repression and the Act on the income tax of physical persons (Text No. 658).

Adoption: 2007-03-29 | Date of entry into force: 2007-06-19 | Date of gradual entry into force: 2007-01-01 | POL-2007-L-79402

Minor changes regarding veterans benefits and liquidation of the State Veterans Fund.

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Law, Act

Act of 16 February 2007, amending Social Assistance Act (Text no. 320).

Adoption: 2007-03-19 | Date of entry into force: 2007-04-01 | POL-2007-L-79404

Extends and makes some amendments to the existing Social Assistance Act with respect to social workers, persons eligible to benefits and State social assistance.

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Law, Act

Act of 16 February 2007, amending the Act on retired persons and pensioners benefiting from financial aid, and persons benefiting from early retirement schemes, and some other Acts (Text No. 219).

Adoption: 2007-02-16 | Date of entry into force: 2007-02-27 | POL-2007-L-79346

Amendements to the existing Act of 20 May 2005, on retirement schemes and early retirement and other related regulations.

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Law, Act

Law of 12 January 2007, amending the Law on organization and operation of pension funds (Text No 95).

Adoption: 2007-01-12 | Date of entry into force: 2007-03-14 | POL-2007-L-79345

Makes minor amendements to the 1997 Act.

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Law, Act

Act of 16 November 2006 amending the Act on Family Benefits (Text No. 1630).

Adoption: 2006-11-16 | Date of entry into force: 2006-12-19 | POL-2006-L-79279

Amending par. 14 of Family benefits Act of 28 November 2003 concerning benefits for preschool children.

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Law, Act

Act of 22 September 2006 amending the previous Act on retirement pensions and other pensions from the Social Insurance Fund (Text No. 1534).

Adoption: 2006-09-22 | Date of entry into force: 2007-01-01 | POL-2006-L-79271

The Act amends paragraphs 48(4) and 50(e)(2) of the Act with respect to mine workers.

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Law, Act

Public Emergency Services Act of 8 September 2006 (Text No. 1410).

Adoption: 2006-09-08 | Date of entry into force: 2007-01-01 | Date of partial entry into force: 2009-09-01 | POL-2006-L-79307

Chapter I. General provisions
Chapter II. Medical and emergency personnel
Chapter III. Planning and organization system
Chapter IV. System Units
Chapter V. Medical rescue action
Chapter VI. Financing of the units
Chapter VII. Amendments to the current legislation
Chapter VIII. Final and transitional regulations

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Law, Act

Act of 21 July 2006 on financial market supervision. -

Adoption: 2006-07-21 | POL-2006-L-83259

Defines the organisation, scope and purpose of supervision over the financial market including pension supervision governed by the provisions of the Act on the Organisation and Operation of Pension Funds of 28 August 1997.

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Law, Act

Act of 29 December 2005 to amend the Act on Family Benefits (Text No. 2260).

Adoption: 2005-12-29 | Date of entry into force: 2006-01-14 | Date of gradual entry into force: 2006-01-01 | POL-2005-L-80313

Minor amendments made to the previous Act regarding single parents, early retirement plans, and persons entitled to unemployment benefits.

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Law, Act

Act of 27 July 2005 amending the Act of 17 December 1998 on retirement pensions and other pensions from the Social Insurance Fund and also the Teachers' Charter (Text No. 1397).

Adoption: 2005-07-27 | Date of entry into force: 2007-01-01 | POL-2005-L-79968

Amends the previous legislation governing the retirement age and pension conditions in the mining industry and also the retirement age of teachers.

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Regulation of the Minister of Health of 22 July 2005, concerning temporary inability to work (Text No. 1219).

Adoption: 2005-07-22 | Date of entry into force: 2005-09-03 | POL-2005-R-79965

Sets up new rules governing the procedure for determining incapacity to work and the time frame for seeking medical certificates (to be no longer than 3 days between the occurrence and the medical examination).

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Law, Act

Act of 1 July 2005, amending the Law of 28 August 1997 on organization and operation of pension funds (Text No. 1202).

Adoption: 2005-07-01 | Date of entry into force: 2005-08-16 | POL-2005-L-79962

Makes detailed amendments to the Act of 28 August 1997 concerning pensions funds, financing of funds and auditing.

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Law, Act

Act of 1 July 2005 to amend the Act on retirement pensions and other pensions from the Social Insurance Fund and the Act on the social insurance system (Text No. 1412).

Adoption: 2005-07-01 | Date of entry into force: 2005-10-01 | POL-2005-L-80297

Amendments made to the previous Acts of 1998 regarding: pronouncing inability to work (maximum period of 5 years) as well as rules governing the pensions and the mode of awarding pension and benefits in case of accident and "bridge pensions" for younger individuals who are not entitled to statutory pensions.

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Law, Act

Act of 15 April 2005 on public aid and restructuring of public health care institutions.

Adoption: 2005-04-15 | POL-2005-L-72079

Establishes principles, terms and procedure of financial restructuring and provides for public aid to public health care institutions.

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Law, Act

Act of 27 August 2004 concerning the Public Funding of Healthcare (Text no. 2135). (Ustawa z dnia 27 sierpnia 2004 r. o Swiadczeniach opieki zdrowotnej finansowanych ze Srodkow publicznych) -

Adoption: 2004-08-27 | Date of entry into force: 2004-10-01 | POL-2004-L-90153

Section I - General Provisions
Section II - Provision of health care services
Section III - The rules governing the health care services
Section IV - Rules of health insurance
Section V - The National Health Fund
Section VI - Proceedings on the conclusion of contracts with providers
Section VII - Audit
Section VIII - Processing and data protection
Section IX - The penal provisions
Section X - Amendments to existing regulations
Section XI - Transitional and final provisions.

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Law, Act

Act of 30 April 2004 on pre-retirement benefits (Text No. 1252). (Ustawa z dnia 30 kwietnia 2004 r. o swiadczeniach przedemerytalnych) -

Adoption: 2004-04-30 | Date of entry into force: 2004-06-01 | Date of gradual entry into force: 2004-08-01 | POL-2004-L-69017

Provides for eligibility criteria as well as monthly amount of benefits. Defines also conditions under which the payment may be suspended or reduced and provides for detailed rules of payment.

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Law, Act

Act of 20 April 2004 on individual retirement accounts (Text No. 1205). -

Adoption: 2004-04-20 | Date of entry into force: 2004-09-01 | POL-2004-L-69014

Allows all individuals to open an individual pension account (IKE) so long as they are employed. Individuals will be able to open these accounts in either banks, broking houses, investment funds or social security offices. Each person will be entitled to only one account and may pay up to 150% of average national monthly salary into the account each year.

Also allows the transfer of ressources from the IKE into employee pension schemes and vice versa. Individuals may make withdrawals from IKE's without paying any tax on the savings if they are over the age of 60, or if they are at least 55 and have taken early retirement. Savings must have been held in the account for at least five years before they are withdrawn, although this period is shorter in the case of older people.

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Law, Act

Act of 20 April 2004 on occupational pension schemes (Text No. 1207). (Ustawa z dnia 20 kwietnia 2004 r. o pracowniczych programach emerytalnych) -

Adoption: 2004-04-20 | Date of entry into force: 2004-06-01 | POL-2004-L-69016

Concerns pension arrangements at company level. Sets out a framework that will be filled in by detailed rules, to be established by company agreements. Provides that companies must ensure that at least 50% of employees have the right to participate in the company scheme. The only exception concerns companies that employ more than 500 people, where the minimum is reduced to one-third of employees. A person employed by several employers may have only one company pension arrangement. The agreement setting up a sheme should be signed by the employer and employees at company level and include basic rules of the scheme, conditions of participation and withdrawal and ways in which the resources will be managed. Employees will pay in a basic amount, which may not exceed 7% of salary, plus optional additional contributions. These additional contributions may be up to 450% of the monthly national average salary. It shall be possible to suspend pension programmes under exceptional circumstances, such as a difficult financial situation for the company. Such a step would need to be agreed between the employer and the employees.

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Law, Act

Act of 16 April 2004 to amend the National Health Act [of 23 January 2003] and to amend the Act concerning modalities of recognition of occupational skills acquired in European Union States [of 12 September 2003] (Text No. 892).

Adoption: 2004-04-16 | Date of entry into force: 2004-05-01 | POL-2004-L-68966

Procedural issues pertaining, inter alia, to eligibility of persons coming from Euopean Union states, modalities of reimbursement of medical costs paid while travelling abroad.

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Law, Act

Proclamation of the President of the Diet regarding the publication of the uniform text on occupational pensions and other pensions provided by Social Insurance Fund [amending the same Act of 17 December 1998] (Text No. 353).

Adoption: 2004-03-31 | Date of entry into force: 1999-01-01 | POL-2004-L-67882

Determines conditions of eligibility to cash benefits, amount and payment of benefits.

Concerns occupational pension, disability pension, family pension (pension for members of family of a deceased person who was entitled to an occupational or disability pension), special care benefit, additional benefits and funeral grant.

Provides inter alia for periods to be taken in account to determine the right and to calculate the amount of the benefit.

Makes provision for detailed rules governing insured persons' rights to benefits, their modification, amount and indexation, right to additional benefits, procedure and payment, and duties of employers and insured persons.

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Law, Act

Social Assistance Act of 12 March 2004 (Text No. 593). (Ustawa z dnia 12 marca 2004 r. o pomocy spolecznej ) -

Adoption: 2004-03-12 | Date of entry into force: 2004-05-01 | POL-2004-L-67877

Chapter I: General provisions
Chapter II: Benefits
Chapter III: Organization
Chapter IV: Repealing, transitional and final provisions

Amends provisions of numerous other acts concerning the above-mentionned issues.

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Regulation of 23 September 2003 of the Minister of Economy, Labour and Social Policy on payment of social pension. (Text No. 1656).

Adoption: 2003-09-23 | Date of entry into force: 2003-10-01 | POL-2003-R-68868

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Law, Act

Act of 27 August 2003 to amend the Act [of 28 August 1997] on organization and functioning of Pension Funds. (Text No. 1651).

Adoption: 2003-08-27 | POL-2003-L-68864

Numerous amendments concerning the administration of pension funds.

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Regulation of 5 of August 2003 of the Minister of Ecconomy, Labour and Social Policy to amend the Regulation [of 27 July 1999] to determine evidence needed for allocating cash benefits in case of sickness and maternity.

Adoption: 2003-08-05 | Date of entry into force: 2003-08-19 | POL-2003-R-68845

Provides for documents necessary to obtain cash sickness and maternity benefits.

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Law, Act

Act of 13 July 2003 on social employment. (Text No. 1143). (Ustawa o zatrudnieniu socjalnym)

Adoption: 2003-07-13 | Date of entry into force: 2003-08-12 | POL-2003-L-68791

Concerns homeless persons, alcoholic persons after rehabilitation, drug addicts, mentally disabled persons, persons for more than thirty-six months, persons coming out of jail, refugees, persons excluded from social life and unable, to satisfy their basic needs. The program of social and professional reintegration will be led by social integration centers. These centers are allowed to have economic activities. After eleven months in the Center, participants may obtain a eigteen months contract of employment with an employer (reimbursement of a part of the salary to the employer by the local community).

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Law, Act

Act of 13 June 2003 on Social Employment. (Ustawy z dnia 13 czerwca 2003 r. o zatrudnieniu socjalnym) -

Adoption: 2003-06-13 | POL-2003-L-93532

Establishes the Centre for Social Inclusion, which is an organizational unit that carries out vocational and social reintegration of those in need through the following services:
1) the acquisition of skills to perform social roles and achieve social positions available to non-social exclusion;
2) the acquisition of vocational skills and apprenticeship training and retraining as well as upgrading of professional qualifications;
3) teaching life planning and how to meet needs, in particular through providing the opportunity to earn income through employment or business creation;
4) Learning economic rational management skills to better manage money.
2. Centres, under the terms of the Act, may be created by the mayor, local government, city presidents as well as other public interest organizations.

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Order of 12 June 2003 of the Minister of Finance concerning detailed modalities of appointing and functioning of the Social Security Ombudsman (Text (No. 999).

Adoption: 2003-06-12 | Date of entry into force: 2003-07-02 | POL-2003-R-65987

Establishes a Social Security Ombudsman office and defines the scope of its duties.

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Law, Act

Act of 27 March 2003 to amend the Act on Social Security Fund, retirement benefits and pensions and to amend certain other Acts (Text No. 498).

Adoption: 2003-03-27 | Date of entry into force: 2004-01-01 | POL-2003-L-65521

Inter alia, introduces amendments in the eligibility criteria as well as the benefit increase indicator, which shall be determined annually by the Tripartite Commission for Social and Economic Affairs.

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Law, Act

Act of 23 January 2003 on the National Health Fund (Text No. 391).

Adoption: 2003-01-23 | Date of entry into force: 2003-04-04 | POL-2003-L-65523

Introduces a major reform of financing of health costs by dismanteling mutual health insurance funds and replacing them by the National Health Fund. Contains the following chapters: 1) General provisions, 2) Personal scope of application, 3) Health insurance contributions, 4) National Health Fund, 5) Health Fund Benefits, 6) Health care service contracts, 7) Planning and meeting health care needs, 8) Principles of health service provision, 9) Financial management of the Fund, 10) Data processing and protection, 11) Auditing powers of the Social Security Institution and the Rural Social Insurance Fund with regard to the performance of health insurance duties, 12) Proceedings in individual health insurance cases, 13) Control of the performance of health insurance duties, 14) Criminal provisions, 16) Transitory and final provisions. Repeals Act No. 153 of 6 February 1997 on national health insurance.

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Law, Act

Act of 24 November 2002 to amend the Act on universal health insurance and certain other acts (Text No. 1689).

Adoption: 2002-11-24 | Date of entry into force: 2002-12-31 | POL-2002-L-64004

Contains minor amendments.

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Law, Act

Act of 13 November 2002 to amend the Act on the universal health insurance (Text No. 1920).

Adoption: 2002-11-13 | Date of entry into force: 2003-01-07 | POL-2002-L-64007

Amends art. 37 of the said act.

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Law, Act

Act of 30 October 2002 on social insurance in case of occupational accident or disease (Text No. 1673). (Ustawa z dnia 30 pazdziernika 2002 r. o ubezpieczeniu spolecznym z tytulu wypadków przy pracy i chorób zawodowych.) -

Adoption: 2002-10-30 | Date of entry into force: 2003-01-01 | POL-2002-L-64001

Defines types of benefits in case of occupational accident or disease, eligibility requirements, calculation of contributions and principles for financing accident prevention.

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Law, Act

Act of 30 October 2002 on benefits in case of occupational accident or disease occurring in particular circumstances (Text No. 1674). (Ustawa z dnia 30 pazdziernika 2002 r. o ubezpieczeniu spolecznym z tytulu wypadków przy pracy i chorób zawodowych ) -

Adoption: 2002-10-30 | Date of entry into force: 2003-01-01 | POL-2002-L-64002

Determines types of accidents occurring in particular circumstances, types of benefits to be paid, eligibility requirements and principles for financing benefits.

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Order of 21 May 2002 of the Minister of Labour and Social Policy concerning procedures to determine disability and degrees of disability (Text No. 604).

Adoption: 2002-05-21 | Date of entry into force: 2002-05-29 | POL-2002-R-63676

Poland - Social security (general standards) - Law, Act

Act of 20 July 2001 to amend the Act on national health insurance and other acts (Text No. 961).

Adoption: 2001-07-22 | Date of entry into force: 2001-09-27 | POL-2001-L-62591