Protection against accidents for persons entitled to agricultural retirement pensions who did not stop conducting agricultural activities

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to show the desired direction of changes in the accident component of social insurance of farmers, in order to provide protection against accidents to everyone at risk of accident during agricultural work. This need is dictated primarily by the statutory changes implemented in 2022 in which those entitled to agricultural retirement pensions can combine receiving a full agricultural retirement with no restrictions on conducting agricultural activities on their farm, but no longer subject to accident insurance. The objective of each social insurance system should be to provide protection in the form of social insurance benefits to persons conducting specific activities. Such benefits are supposed to guarantee that the requirements the legislator considers of essential social importance are satisfied. Undoubtedly, one of these is insurance coverage of persons liable to accidents during agricultural work by introducing separate regulations in this respect in the provisions concerning social insurance of farmers. Hence the need to consider these changes. Keywords: one-time compensation, social insurance of farmers