Social insurance – guarantee of the right of citizens to social protection due to accidents and occupational diseases on the manufacturer
Authors: Soroka O. 
Published: September 2020

Problem setting. In the transition to a market economy, social rights acquire a fundamentally new meaning, as they are designed to guarantee radical changes in the socio-economic situation of man as a participant in market relations. The Constitution of Ukraine reflects a wide range of social rights of a person and a citizen to work, leisure, social protection, health care, medical care, health insurance, family protection, childhood, motherhood and fatherhood, education, etc. One of the central and universally recognized in the system of social rights of citizens is the right to social protection, the requirement of which is embodied in international acts ratified by Ukraine. The right to social protection is guaranteed by the obligatory state social insurance at the expense of insurance contributions of citizens, enterprises, institutions and organizations, budgetary and other sources of social security, as well as the creation of a network of state, municipal and private institutions for the care of the disabled. Without these guarantees, this right becomes an intention (wish) in the relevant field, has no practical value either for the individual or for society as a whole.

Analysis of recent researches and publications. Issues of social insurance were the subject of research by such scientists as V. M. Andriyiv, D. V. Bozhko, N. B. Bolotina, M.M. Klemparsky, O. L. Kuchma, K. Yu. Melnyk, O. V. Moskalenko, P. D. Pilipenko, S.M. Prilipko, V. I. Prokopenko, O. I. Protsevsky, S. M. Sinchuk, I. M. Orphan, B. I. Stashkov, O. V. Tishchenko, L. P. Shumna, M. M. Shumylo, O. M. Yaroshenko, and others.

Target of research to consider compulsory state social insurance as a guarantee of the right of citizens to social protection due to accidents and occupational diseases at work.

Article’s main body. The main guarantee of a person’s right to social protection due to accidents and occupational diseases at work is compulsory state social insurance. The task of social insurance against accidents at work and occupational diseases that have caused disability is to carry out preventive measures aimed at eliminating harmful, dangerous production factors; prevention of accidents at work, other cases of threat to the health of the insured, caused by working conditions; restoration of health and working capacity of victims at work; compensation for damage related to the loss of insured persons’ wages or the relevant part of it during the performance of their duties, provision of social services in connection with damage to health, as well as in the event of their death, making insurance payments to incapacitated members families. Confirmation of the central place of social insurance against accidents and occupational diseases at work in the system of guarantees of the right of citizens to social protection can serve as indicators of the cost of material support in this area.

Conclusions and prospects for the development. As a result of studying the place and role of compulsory state social insurance in the system of guarantees of the right of citizens to social protection due to accidents and occupational diseases at work, we can state that the right to social protection is one of the central and universally recognized social human rights. Compulsory state social insurance is the main material guarantee of the realization of the right of citizens to social protection due to accidents and occupational diseases at work. Its main essence and purpose are to receive the insured person in the event of an insured event from the insurer of material support (temporary disability benefits, burial) and social services (payment for treatment in the rehabilitation departments of the sanatorium after illness and injury) at the expense of the insured.