Occupational social security schemes (Chapter 2 of Directive 2006/54)

• Author: Lídia Hermina Balogh
• Pages: 57-59

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6 Occupational social security schemes (Chapter 2 of Directive 20 06/54)

6.1 General (legal) context

6.1.1 Surveys and reports on the practical difficulties linked to occupational and/or

statutory social security issues

No surveys or reports from the last five years are available that provide insight into the

difficulties workers face in practice in relation to occupational social sec urity schemes.

6.1.2 Other issues related to gender equality and social security

No specific issue may be mentioned in relation to gender equality an d the occupational

social security schemes.

6.1.3 Political and societal debate and pending legislative proposals

There have been no political or social debates, and there are no pending legislative

proposals on the topic of occupational social security schemes.

6.2 Direct and indirect discrimination

Direct and indir ect discrimination are defined in the Eq ual Treatment Act,319 and the

prohibition of direct and indirect discrimination is applicable to occupational social security

schemes320 (detailed regulations on social security are also included in the Equal Treatment

Act).321

6.3 Personal scope

The personal scope, as defined by the Equal Treatment Act322 and the Act on Occupational

Pensions and its Institution (adopted in 2007),323 i s the same as provided b y Article 6 of

Directive 2006/54.

Due to an amend ment that came into force in 2016, the Act on Occupational Pensions324

now expressly lists all forms of employment relationships that fall under the scope of the

act, provided by:

- Act on the Labour Code;325

- Act on Civil Servants;326

- Act on Public Servants;327

- Act on the Status of Military Personnel;328

319 Act CXXV of 2003 on Equal Treatment and the Promotion of the Equality of Opportunities (2003. évi CXXV.

törvény az egyenl bánásmódról és az esélyegyenlség elmozdításáról), 28 December 2003, Articles 8-9.

320 Act CXXV of 2003 on Equal Treatment and the Promotion of the Equality of Opportunities (2003. évi CXXV.

törvény az egyenl bánásmódról és az esélyegyenlség elmozdításáról), 28 December 2003, Article 5.

321 Act CXXV of 2003 on Equal Treatment and the Promotion of the Equality of Opportunities (2003. évi CXXV.

törvény az egyenl bánásmódról és az esélyegyenlség elmozdításáról), 28 December 2003, Article 24-25.

322 Act CXXV of 2003 on Equal Treatment and the Promotion of the Equality of Opportunities (2003. évi CXXV.

törvény az egyenl bánásmódról és az esélyegyenlség elmozdításáról), 28 December 2003.

323 Act CXVII of 2007 on Employers' Pensions and its Institutions (2007. évi CXVII. törvény a foglalkoztatói

nyugdíjról és intézményeirl), 26 October 2007.

324 Act CXVII of 2007 on Employers' Pensions and its Institutions (2007. évi CXVII. törvény a foglalkoztatói

nyugdíjról és intézményeirl), 26 October 2007, Article 2(23).

325 Act I of 2012 on the Labour Code (2012. évi I. törvény a munka törvénykönyvérl), 6 January 2012.

326 Act CXCIX of 2011 on Civil Servants (2011. évi CXCIX. törvény a közszolgálati tisztviselkrl),

30 December 2011.

327 Act XXXIII of 1992 on the Legal Status of Public Servants (1992. évi XXXIII. törvény a közalkalmazottak

jogállásáról), 2 June 1992.

328 Act CCV of 2012 on the Status of Military Personnel (2012. évi CCV. törvény a honvédek jogállásáról), 18

December 2012.