The German System, of Workmen's Insurance in Practice (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Ferdinand Friedensburg

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1331253373 ISBN 13: 9781331253372

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

This book delves into the evolution of Germany's social welfare programs from the late 19th century until World War I. The author, a former government official and insurance expert, examines the initial goals of the social welfare system, which were to provide a legal framework for worker's rights and provisions, such as sickness and accident insurance, as well as old age pensions and disability benefits. The book analyzes how, over time, these provisions were gradually expanded and reimagined, leading to a more generous and comprehensive system of social protection for workers. This book provides a valuable historical account of the development of social welfare in Germany, revealing the tensions between the desire for a more egalitarian society and the practical challenges of implementing such a system. It sheds light on the origins of the modern welfare state and the ongoing debates about the role of government in providing for the well-being of its citizens.

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Excerpt from The German System, of Workmen's Insurance in Practice The Imperial Message of November 17, 1881, so to speak the "Magna Charta" of the "right to labour," and the programme for the realization of this right, together with the material of the various laws and the discussions of the Reichstag, does not allow of the slightest doubt as to the bases on which the system of working-men's insurance has to be erected. "By collecting the real forces of the life of the people in the form of co-operative associations and State protection," it was intended to provide "State provision" for workingmen who either by illness, accident, invalidity or old age had become incapable of gaining their livelihood, for their families and their relicts. Properly speaking no new rights were created thereby. There had always been existing corporations for the furtherance of the best of their members, which enjoyed - like all other similar corporations - the protection of the State (and sometimes perhaps more of it than they cared for) in the form of State supervision. The interpretation of "provision," even the word itself used in this sense (Fursorge) was not new. Already the Prussian "Common Law " (Allgemeine Landrecht) spoke of a special "providential care" of the State, which was due to such persons who were not able to provide for themselves. The "Servants' Regulations," 1810 (Gesindeordnung), impose upon employers under certain circumstances the duty of "providential care" of servants who have fallen ill. Similar expressions are to be found in the poor-laws of 1842 and 1855, and in the regulations of pensions for civil servants, 1842. The latter, almost word for word the same as the "Message" of 1881, recognizes that it is a special duty of the State to regulate the position of civil servants and to secure their future. The Law referring to insurance in case of sickness prefers the expression "assistance" (Unterstutzung) which is equally to be found in the "Common Law " (Allge

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1331253373
• ISBN 13: 9781331253372
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 47