Pension insurance rights in the Republic of Croatia with special review on disability pension

Predmet ovog završnog rada je mirovinski sustav u Republici Hrvatskoj, a veći dio rada se odnosi na invalidsku mirovinu. Invalidska mirovina je jedno od prava koje se stječe u sustavu mirovinskog osiguranja, ako se zadovolje uvjeti koji su propisani Zakonom o mirovinskom osiguranju. Nakon što osiguranik zadovolji uvjete potrebne za priznavanje prava na invalidsku mirovinu, prolazi vještačenje kojeg obavlja odgovarajuće tijelo vještačenja, uvidom u cjelokupnu medicinsku dokumentaciju i potrebnim pregledom osiguranika. Nakon što tijelo vještačenja da potreban nalaz i mišljenje, Hrvatski zavod za mirovinsko osiguranje donosi odluku o prihvaćanju ili odbijanju invalidnine. Mirovinski sustav dio je socijalnog osiguranja i njime kao takvim upravlja Hrvatski zavod za mirovinsko osiguranje. On je kroz povijest je doživio znatne promjene. Danas se sastoji od tri stupa, od kojih je prvi utemeljen na generacijskoj solidarnosti, a drugi i treći na individualnoj kapitaliziranoj štednji, dok se njih dvoje unutar sebe razlikuju po tome što je drugi stup obvezan, dok je treći stup dobrovoljan. Tema se razrađuje uvidom u stručnu literaturu, zakonsku regulativu ovog područja i temeljem konkretnog istraživanja na terenu.The subject of this final paper is pension system in the Republic of Croatia and majority of the paper is refering to disability pension. Disability pension is one of the rights which acquires in pension insurance, so that every requirement which is implemented in Pension insurance act is contented. After the insured person completes the conditions required for the recognition of the right to disability pendion, an expert assessment is carried out by an appropriate body of expertise, with all mecessary medical documentation and necessary examinations of insured person. After the expert body provides the necessary finding and opinion, the Croatian Institute for Pension Insurance makes a decision on accepting or refusing disability. The pension system is part of the social insurance and is managed by the Croatian Pension Insurance Institute as such. Through history the retirement system has had significant changes that led to its formation in the present. It consist of three columns the first of which is based on generational solidarity, the second and third on individual capitalized savings, while the difference between the second and the third is that the second column is mandatory, while the third column is voluntary. The subject is elabrated by looking in professional literature, legal legislation and based on concrete research in the fiel