The aim of the research conducted in this publication was an attempt to identify the reasons for numerous resignations from participation in employee capital plans among people living in the area of Central Pomerania in Poland.The theoretical research method was used in the research process – an analysis of the research literature (using the content analysis technique), individual in-depth interviews, and statistical data.According to the research, the respondents have an unfavourable opinion on employee capital plans due to low trust in the government, legal stability, and a relatively low level of knowledge on saving for their future retirement benefits.

Placing a child in foster care is a last resort and should take place after all possible forms of support and assistance have been exhausted. However, if a child is placed under the care and upbringing of foster care, it is necessary to create conditions as close as possible to those of a family. Since 2000, the Polish foster care system has been subject to the process of deinstitutionalisation. The organisers of foster care were obliged to take actions aimed at reducing the importance of the foster care system in the full childcare system, a smooth transition to a system where full community-level childcare is provided. The aim of the article is to present the foster care system and directions of changes in foster care in quantitative terms and to evaluate the organisation of foster care in the context of the process of its deinstitutionalisation. The conclusions were based on statistical data analysis on the foster care system, which constituted the background for discussions by organisers of foster care in selected poviats of the Zachodniopomorskie Voivodeship. The system of foster care in Poland is based on family foster care. Reducing the number of institutional foster care facilities is possible, but in the current system, it is only likely to partially eliminate them. The most significant identified challenge of the foster care system is the dropping number of foster families. Additionally, the deinstitutionalisation of foster care requires, above all, measures to increase the effectiveness of the support system and upbringing of the child and natural family in the local environment.

Ukończenie przewidywanego przepisami wieku daje prawo do uzyskaniaświadczenia emerytalnego. Dla większości emerytów świadczenie to jest podstawowym źródłem utrzymania. Artykuł przedstawia perspektywę odnoszącą się do wysokości przyszłych świadczeń osób aktualnie aktywnych zawodowo. Wskazuje także powody, dla których wiara w powszechny system zabezpieczenia emerytalnego jest ograniczona. Prezentuje niektóre rekomendacje działań mogących wpłynąć w przyszłości na wzrost poziomu bezpieczeństwa socjalnego społeczeństwa.

This article describes the Polish social insurance system for farmers, taking into account its distinct nature. The article presents characteristics of the system in comparison to the general insurance system. The author underlines privileges given to farmers and their families over the rest of the society. The aspect of ensuring social security for the beneficiaries of the system is raised in the context of benefits which are much lower than in the general insurance system. W artykule opisano polski system ubezpieczeń społecznych rolników, z uwzględnieniem jego odrębności. Przedstawiono charakterystykę systemu w ujęciu porównawczym do powszechnego systemu ubezpieczeń. Podkreślono elementy wskazujące na uprzywilejowanie rolników i członków ich rodzin wobec pozostałej części społeczeństwa. Podniesiono również aspekt zapewnienia bezpieczeństwa socjalnego beneficjentom systemu rolniczego w kontekście wysokości przysługujących świadczeń, które kształtują się na poziomie znacznie niższym, niż w systemie ubezpieczeń powszechnych.