RESEARCH PAPER
SICKNESS, ACCIDENT, AND MATERNITY INSURANCE FOR FARMERS: A NEED FOR CHANGE
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Instytut Ekonomiki Rolnictwa i Gospodarki Żywnościowej - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy
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Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie
Submission date: 2021-03-24
Final review date: 2021-07-22
Acceptance date: 2021-08-26
Publication date: 2021-09-23
Zagadnienia Ekonomiki Rolnej / Problems of Agricultural Economics 2021;368(3):160-171
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The aim of the study is to present the subjective and objective aspects of sickness,
accident, and maternity insurance for farmers. The study deals with the income
and expenses of the Contribution Fund and their correlation with the amount
of benefits paid. The study uses financial analysis methods, descriptive analysis
methods, and logical inference. Results are presented in tabular form.
Between 2009 and 2019, there was a decrease in the number of insured persons.
The Contribution Fund has been increasingly financing tasks indirectly related
to sickness, accident, and maternity insurance. The conducted assessment
shows that the currently existing legal regulations concerning the first pillar of
insurance risks by the Agricultural Social Insurance Fund (KRUS), i.e., sickness,
accident, and maternity risks, specified in the Farmers’ Social Insurance
Act, have become obsolete and require changes. The definition of an accident at
work in agriculture requires a new regulation. It is about extending the scope of
agricultural activity to include activities related to the processing of agricultural
raw materials, provision of services, supervision and protection of property,
and conducting non-agricultural business activities.