Peculiarities of normative-legal regulation of pension provision in connection with the loss of a breadwinner in Ukraine

Abstract

The article is devoted to the general study of the peculiarities of normative and legal regulation of pension provision in connection with the loss of the breadwinner in Ukraine and the determination of directions for improving the mechanism of pension provision of disabled persons in connection with the loss of the breadwinner on the basis of the analysis of the current legislation of Ukraine. The concept, content, conditions, size and essence of the pension in connection with the loss of the breadwinner, since state pension provision is one of the fundamental measures to ensure the rights and freedoms of a person and a citizen in Ukraine, is revealed. Statistical analysis of the number of persons receiving a pension in connection with the loss of breadwinner during 2018-2020 was conducted. A number of problematic issues related to the introduction of the electronic system - "Portal of electronic services of the Pension Fund of Ukraine", among them: ignorance of the elderly in modern technologies; «human factor» is connected with the inattention of employees of the Pension Fund of Ukraine on the transfer of information to electronic registers; the lack of modern serviceable technological resources in the departments of the Pension Fund of Ukraine; the risk of theft or distribution of personal data by third parties, hackers or other persons. It was established that the improvement of the mechanism of pension provision of disabled persons in connection with the loss of breadwinner on the basis of the analysis of the current legislation of Ukraine will create prospects for improving the pension provision of citizens in order to realize the constitutional rights of citizens to social protection, including the right to pension provision in case of loss of breadwinner. The directions of improvement of the pension provision mechanism in case of loss of breadwinner are proposed, such as: raising the size of the pension with the calculation of prices for the consumer basket; promoting public awareness in the functioning of the electronic system of the Pension Fund of Ukraine; technological updating of equipment and equipment to avoid problems in the process of providing services for the population; development and installation of special programs for the protection of personal information of citizens in the electronic system of the Pension Fund of Ukraine and others.