Annex Table 6.A.4. People furthest from the labour market are not covered with health insurance and do not access the services they might need

Szociális ellátások a társadalombiztosítási családtámogatás rendszerében

Orvosi Hetilap ◽

10.1556/650.2019.31395 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 160 (Supplement 1) ◽

pp. 43-48

Author(s):

Ivett Szombati

Keyword(s):

Health Insurance ◽

Child Care ◽

Labour Market ◽

National Health Insurance ◽

National Health ◽

Financial Support ◽

Family Policy ◽

Insurance Fund ◽

Health Insurance Fund ◽

The Social

Introduction and aim: In my study, analysing the data available from the change of the regime to the present day, from among the social services, I examine the changes of the financial support relating to children and its parts which are currently financed from the budget of the National Health Insurance Fund of Hungary, with special emphasis on the Child Care Benefit and the Child Care Allowance and their modifications. Data and methods: Within the framework of our research, we analyze – through data from the National Health Insurance Fund of Hungary, the Hungarian Central Statistical Office, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Hungarian State Treasury as well as on the basis of literature review – the social financial support and its changes, within the family policy system. Results: Hungarian family policy is still driven by the attitude of staying at home for three years with the child. The long period spent at home with the children fundamentally affects the adjustment of mothers to the labour market which has a direct effect on the economic productivity. Even though according to the current regulations, mothers are allowed to work full-time besides receiving child care allowance after their child fills 6 months, part-time employment and telework is still in its infancy compared to the Western-European countries. Based on our research, high percentage of families go for the child care benefit directly after the birth of the child thus not participating in the labour market processes. Besides if they do participate, the percentage of employment on minimal wage is still very high which means that in 2016–2017 36% of families with two breadwinners and two children were forced to survive on subsistence income. Conclusion: In the examined period, we found that social and family policy changes unfortunately were not able to react sufficiently to the demographic challenges despite Hungary spending significantly more on family policy than other European and OECD countries. Orv Hetil. 2019; 160(Suppl 1): 43–48.

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People furthest from the labour market are not covered by health insurance and do not access the services they might need

Improving the Provision of Active Labour Market Policies in Estonia - Connecting People with Jobs ◽

10.1787/79b38c17-en ◽

2021 ◽

Keyword(s):

Health Insurance ◽

Labour Market

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Local 'Job Counters' at Casal del Infants: Personal support to help vulnerable young people into work

10.21201/2021.7925 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Hasna Skalli

Keyword(s):

Quality Control ◽

Health Insurance ◽

Young People ◽

Private Sector ◽

Labour Market ◽

Youth Participation ◽

Personal Support ◽

Automotive Company ◽

Employment Integration

After graduating from university, Warda struggled a lot. For a few years, she had to take odd jobs for that had no security, days off or health insurance. Eventually she connected with Youth Participation and Employment (YPE) programme partner Casal Del Infants. With their support, she successfully entered the formal labour market. She was selected by Casal to join a jobs programme, where she was trained for one month as a quality control officer. After completing her training, she obtained a placement in maintenance at an automotive company. This was facilitated through Casal’s ‘Activa Counter’, its employment integration desk. This programme supports internships and helps young people to integrate into the private sector. The programme has gained in popularity over the years and has the potential to help many young people into work.

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