The amended Law on compulsory social contributions: Inconsistencies and rigidities

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The recently adopted changes of the Law for compulsory social contributions (Official Gazette of RM 180/14) extend, as of January 2015, the obligation of paying social security contributions towards incomes from temporary service contracts and copyright contracts. By contrast, the changes introduced do not open access to all rights from the social insurance system for temporary service workers/copyright contracts and may worsen the already high unemployment and poverty rates in the country.

Author: Maja Gerovska Mitev