The author discusses the current challenges being experienced by the social security system. To this end, he reviews the historical background of social security, its current configuration, and the ILO instruments that guide the national social security systems. It ends with a proposed solution to the situations involving the five main branches of the social security system, i.e., Health, Pensions, Professional Risk Protection, unemployment Protection and Family benefits
Keywords:
Social security system, law, repartition systems, individual capitalization systems, reform
Author Biography
Hector Humeres Noguer, Universidad de Chile
Profesor titular Departamento de Derecho del Trabajo, Universidad de Chile
Humeres Noguer, H. (2016). Los desafíos de la Seguridad Social en el Siglo XXI. Revista Chilena De Derecho Del Trabajo Y De La Seguridad Social, 4(7), pp. 135–171. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-7551.2013.42881