The Effects of Covid-19 Disease on Social Security Funds (Comparative Study)

With the spread of the coronavirus disease, the states for managing itseconomic and social effects have implemented support social packages.Among the social packages provided by the governments to support workers,employers and production the social security incentives are notable.Insurance exemptions, reducing employer and worker contributions,deferring premiums, paying unemployment benefits, paying sick benefits orpaying financial aid were some of the incentives that social securityorganizations in the Corona crisis have paid. However, in some countries thecoverage of these support packages are subjected to non-dismissal workers.In the Iranian legal system, the protection of individuals in times of social,economic and natural crisis according to the Act of Structure of theComprehensive System of Welfare and Social Security approved on21/2/2004 is the duty of the government. Iranian Social Securityorganization, as one of the largest social insurance institutions in Iran,implemented policies and programs adopted by the government and otherdecision-making institutions. Part of this policy was economic support suchas paying unemployment benefits or delaying the payment of premiums.Some other policies were adopted in the form of treatment measures for thetreatment of coronary heart disease in the organization's hospitals. However,all of these measures have incurred high costs for the Social SecurityAdministration, and it is, therefore, necessary for the government toreimburse a significant portion of these costs. This article explains thepolicies and actions of social security organizations in different countriesduring the Corona crisis. It, then, examines Iran's social security system andits policies and programs at the time of the spread of the coronavirus. In thisregard, in the first part, the social security policies and programs of differentgovernments at the time of the spread of the coronavirus are described and inthe second part, the policies and programs of the social security system ofIran are analyzed.