Ministry of Social Security or Department of Social Security is the government entity responsible for

social security Welfare, or commonly social welfare, is a type of government support intended to ensure that members of a society can meet basic human needs such as food and shelter. Social security may either be synonymous with welfare, or refer specificall ...

affairs. It may be a ministry office, a department, or, as in the United States, a nominally independent agency. SocialSecurity

Notable ones are: * Ministry of Labor and Social Security (Argentina) *

Department of Social Security (Australia) The Department of Social Security (the DSS) was a government department in Australia, which administered the Social Security system between 1972 and 1998.. The department was one of several new departments established by the Whitlam Government ...

(defunct) *

Ministry of Social Security (Brazil) The Ministry of Social Security ( pt, Ministério da Previdência Social, links=no, abbreviated MPSFederative Republic of Brazil. Ministry of Social Security.Acesso à Informação: Institucional. Accessed 22 September 2013. ) is a cabinet-level ...

Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of People's Republic of China is a ministry under the State Council of China which is responsible for national labor policies, standards, regulations and managing the national social security ...

(China) *

Ministry of Social Protection (Colombia) The Ministry of Social Protection ( es, Ministerio de la Protección Social) was a national executive ministry of the Government of Colombia responsible for coordinating and implementing the national policy and social services relating to employ ...

* Ministry of Social Solidarity and Inclusion (East Timor) * Federal Ministry for Health and Social Security (Germany) * Ministry of Labor, Social Security, and Welfare (Greece) *

Ministry of Welfare (Iceland) The Ministry of Welfare ( is, Velferðarráðuneytið) is an Icelandic cabinet-level ministry founded 1 January 2011. It is the result of the merger of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Security, founded 17 April 1939 as the Ministry of So ...

Ministry of Labour and Employment (India) The Ministry of Labour & Employment is one of the oldest and most important Ministries of the Government of India. This is an India's federal ministry which is responsible for enforcement of labour laws in general and legislations related to a w ...

Ministry of Welfare and Social Security (Iran) The Ministry of Welfare and Social Security ( fa, وزارت رفاه و تأمین اجتماعی, ''Vâzart-e Refah-e vâ Tamin-e Ajtema'i'') established in 2004 and dissolved in 2011, was an Iranian government body responsible for the oversigh ...

* Ministry of Labor and Social Security (Jamaica) * Ministry of Social Security and Labor (Lithuania) *

Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (Netherlands) Ministry may refer to: Government * Ministry (collective executive), the complete body of government ministers under the leadership of a prime minister * Ministry (government department), a department of a government Religion * Christian ...

Social Security System (Philippines) The Social Security System (SSS; fil, Paseguruhan ng Kapanatagang Panlipunan) is a state-run, social insurance program in the Philippines to workers in the private, professional and informal sectors. SSS is established by virtue of Republic Ac ...

Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration The Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration is a department of the government of Spain responsible for planning and carrying out the government policy on Social Security, foreigners, immigration and emigration. The Ministry's purpo ...

(Spain) *

Ministry of Health and Social Affairs (Sweden) The Ministry of Health and Social Affairs ( sv, Socialdepartementet) is the ministry in the government of Sweden responsible for policies related to social welfare: financial security, social services, medical and health care, health promotion ...

Ministry of Labor and Social Security (Turkey) The Ministry of Labour and Social Security ( tr, Çalışma ve Sosyal Güvenlik Bakanlığı) is a government ministry office of the Republic of Turkey, responsible for labour and social security affairs in Turkey. The ministry is headed by Ved ...

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(UK) *

Department of Social Security The Department of Social Security (DSS) was a governmental agency in the United Kingdom from 1988 to 2001. The old abbreviation is still often used informally. Advertisements for rented accommodation used to describe prospective tenants who wou ...

, UK (defunct) *

Social Security Administration The United States Social Security Administration (SSA) is an Independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the Federal government of the United States, U.S. federal government that administers Social Security (United ...

(United States)

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