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An Early Retirement and its role in the social security system.
ZDVIHALOVÁ, Martina
This thesis addresses the issue of early retirement. The theoretical part discusses the role of early retirement in the social security system of the Czech Republic. First, it describes the system of our social security itself. The next section deals with the development of the pension insurance from its beginnings to the present time. Since 1996, the applicable legal regulation has been Act No. 155/1995 Coll. on pension insurance, but it has been amended several times. The last major amendment has been parameter changes from 1 January 2010. In subsequent chapters, the theoretical part deals with old-age pensions and, in particular, early old-age pensions, it explains the conditions of eligibility and related concepts such as insurance period, retirement age, pension application. The main objective of the thesis was to find out about the reasons for the submission of an application for a reduced early retirement. Other objectives were to find out whether they have sufficient information on all conditions of eligibility for this type of pension and what factors influenced their decision. To achieve the objectives, the qualitative method was used; the techniques of the research included semi-structured interviews and a secondary data analysis. The sample consisted of a total of 15 respondents (five unemployed persons, five employed persons and five self-employed persons). The research has shown that the reasons of applicants are similar not only within each group, but also between them (fatigue, health problems). The secondary data analysis was used to illustrate the size and structure of the basic sample. The results show that the early retirement is applied for by a relatively low number of people with higher education. I believe that currently early retirement has an indispensable role in the social security system and it should remain a part of it in the future. However, the thesis also shows that people in their pre-retirement age are not offered another appropriate alternative.The thesis should serve to raise awareness about the issues early retirement.
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