Social welfare fund

...The aim of the law was to unify the legal provisions and competent authorities regarding workers' insurance, but at the same time, improvements were made to the system, such as the introduction of survivor's insurance and the expansion of the scope of application. In connection with the social security reforms after World War II, the need for unification of social security legislation in general was called for, and in response, the Social Code, Sozialgesetzbuch, consisting of 10 parts, was compiled. Following the enforcement of the first part, General Provisions, in 1976, the code was gradually compiled, and when it was completed, the Imperial Insurance Act was absorbed into it. ...

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…法律制定のねらいは労働者保険に関する法規定や所管庁の統一化にあったが，同時に遺族保険の導入，適用範囲の拡大などの制度改善も行われた。第2次大戦後社会保障改革に関連して社会保障立法全般の統一化の必要性が叫ばれ，それに応えて10編から成る社会法典Sozialgesetzbuchが編纂されることになった。第1編総則の1976年施行に続いて逐次編纂が続けられ，その完成によって帝国保険法はそこに吸収されることになる。…

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