PECULIARITIES OF REGULATORY AND LEGAL PROVISION OF SOCIAL PROTECTION OF CERTAIN LAYERS OF THE POPULATION IN UKRAINE

Abstract

Peculiarities of normative-legal provision of social protection of citizens of retirement age and children were considered. Legislative provision of public relations in the field of pensions and social security of children is characterized by significant diversification. The normative provision of the system of compulsory accumulative pension provision, which is being implemented, was analyzed. It was emphasized that the legislative consolidation of this system is currently being considered by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. It was emphasized that the functioning of the system of compulsory accumulative pension provision will enable citizens of Ukraine to receive additional pension benefits after reaching the retirement age through contributions to the accumulative pension system. The savings of each person are subject to accounting on the individual accumulative pension account of such person and can be inherited. This approach will gradually lead to an increase in the level of social protection of people of retirement age, attracting a strong domestic long-term investment resource, which will increase investment in the national economy. It was emphasized that a significant problem complicates the improvement of legal support for social protection of children, in particular, that the legislation does not clearly define the purpose of social protection of children, which would allow organizations and institutions on the ground, as well as executive authorities to expand to solve problems of the general social level without allocating separate, so to speak, “children's aspect”. Another problem is that some guarantees of social protection provided by law are purely declarative, as there is no practice of their application. The position was supported that the legal regulation of social protection of certain segments of the population in Ukraine is characterized by dualism - there is a coexistence of Soviet (social security, benefits, social and compensation benefits) and the latest European approach (social services, social work, housing subsidies).