Learning Outcomes
After the successful completion of the course, students are expected to delve into the issues taught, critically approach the current relevant jurisprudence and bibliography, cultivate their skills in writing and presenting papers, and be able to deal independently with new problems that arise in the field of social security law.
Course Content (Syllabus)
The subject of the course is the in-depth examination of specific issues of social security law. Students' presentation will focus, among others, on the architecture of the social security system, the constitutional dimension of social security, the implementation of the First Additional Protocol to the ECHR, social security benefits, the principle of equality, gender equality, Regulation 883/04, EFKA, the general principles of social security law, insurance contributions, insurance period, successive insurance, old-age, invalidity and survivors' pensions, the new system for calculating pensions, accident at work and occupational diseases, supplementary pensions, lump-sum benefits, occupational social security schemes.
Keywords
the architecture of the social security system, the general principles of social security law, insurance contributions, the new system for calculating pensions