Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2019, published 109th ILC session (2021)

Social Security (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1952 (No. 102) - Poland (Ratification: 2003)

Part VII (Family benefit). Article 44 of the Convention. Total value of family benefits. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in reply to its previous request concerning calculations of the total value of family benefits.

Part XI (Standards to be complied with by periodical payments). The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in reply to its previous request concerning calculations of the replacement rate of benefits.

Part XIII (Common provisions). Article 71(3). General responsibility of a Member for the due provision of medical care benefits. The Committee takes note of the information provided by the Government on various measures taken to improve the standard and quality of healthcare services. The Committee however notes that in 2017, the European Committee of Social Rights concluded that the situation in Poland is not in conformity with Article 11(1) of the European Social Charter on the ground that access to healthcare is not ensured because of long waiting times for different medical treatments. Recalling that the Member shall accept general responsibility for the due provision of the benefits provided in compliance with the Convention, and shall take all measures required for this purpose, the Committee requests the Government to provide information on the manner in which effect is given to this Article of the Convention in practice.