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On social security of members of families of workers in the event of the death of the breadwinner of the family. ( Izv. No. 296, S. U. 79‐681 ).

No. 681.

Decree of the Council of Peopleʹs Commissars.

As amended by clauses 1 and 2 of the decree of the Council of Peopleʹs Commissars of August 28, 1919 (No. 43, art. 429 ), clause 6 of the resolution of the Council of Peopleʹs Commissars of January 21, 1921 (No. 8, Art. 53 ) and in development of the resolution of the Council of Peopleʹs Commissars of November 15, 1921 ( No. 76, Art. 627 ) on social insurance, the Council of Peopleʹs Commissars decided:

1. In the event of death or duly attested unknown absence of employees or military personnel, the following members of their families who have no other means of subsistence shall be subject to social security:

a) minors (up to 16 years old) children, as well as full orphans brothers and sisters;

b) a wife who is incapacitated or has a child under 8 years of age;

c)   disabled father and mother, if they were dependent on the deceased or missing and, moreover, if there are no other able‐bodied persons in their family.

Note . Persons classified by the medical examination authorities in the first three groups of disability are considered disabled.

2.                   The children referred to in clause 1 of this resolution, orphans, are subject to compulsory placement in the institutions of the Peopleʹs Commissariat of Education and the Peopleʹs Commissariat of Health by affiliation.

3.                   The persons specified in clause 1 who have a profitable economy or trade are provided with labor, economic and other assistance through bodies of public mutual assistance. If it is impossible to provide these persons through the bodies of mutual assistance, they are provided with security in the manner of paragraphs. 4‐5, but with the obligatory consideration of the income they receive.

4.                   The persons specified in clause 1 who do not have a profitable economy or trade are provided with their placement in social security institutions (and, in relation to children, in the institutions of the Peopleʹs Commissariat of Health and the Peopleʹs Commissariat of Education by affiliation), as well as their inclusion, in appropriate cases, to the production and production‐consumer associations of the

Peopleʹs Commissariat of Social Security.

5.                   If it is impossible to provide security in accordance with cl. 2‐4 of this resolution, the bodies of the Peopleʹs Commissariat of Social Security assign pensions, the amount of which is established by the Peopleʹs Commissariat of Social Security.

6.                   The Peopleʹs Commissariat of Social Security is instructed to issue instructions for the application of this decree.

Signed by:

For the Chairman of the Council of Peopleʹs Commissars A. Tsuryup .

N. Gorbunov, Administrator of the Council of Peopleʹs Commissars .

Secretary L. Fotieva .

December 9, 1921.

Published in No. 296 Izvestia of the All‐Russian Central Executive

Committee of Soviets dated December 31, 1921.