Work and Benefits under Lenin:
Was Effective Wasn’t Effective
Declaration of the Rights of Toiling Compulsory Labour because was unstable
and there were scarcities
Labour Law Government sacked 225,000 admins
Social Insurance
Work and Benefits under Stalin:
Was Effective Wasn’t Effective
Harsh labour scheme Health of people was poor
5-year plan lead to benefits such as food Food shortages
rations, access to electricity etc.
All Soviets had rights to access some
benefits compared to Lenin’ era.
Prewar conditions
Women worked more
Work and Benefits under Khrushchev:
Was Effective Wasn’t Effective
Standard of living improved
Work conditions improved
Work and Benefits under Brezhnev:
Was Effective Wasn’t Effective
Social Contract Social Contract led to stagnation
Living standards increased – better than 20% of people being paid for doing
ever unuseful job
1970 – 1 mill vacancies in industry
High female unemployment
Was Effective Wasn’t Effective
Declaration of the Rights of Toiling Compulsory Labour because was unstable
and there were scarcities
Labour Law Government sacked 225,000 admins
Social Insurance
Work and Benefits under Stalin:
Was Effective Wasn’t Effective
Harsh labour scheme Health of people was poor
5-year plan lead to benefits such as food Food shortages
rations, access to electricity etc.
All Soviets had rights to access some
benefits compared to Lenin’ era.
Prewar conditions
Women worked more
Work and Benefits under Khrushchev:
Was Effective Wasn’t Effective
Standard of living improved
Work conditions improved
Work and Benefits under Brezhnev:
Was Effective Wasn’t Effective
Social Contract Social Contract led to stagnation
Living standards increased – better than 20% of people being paid for doing
ever unuseful job
1970 – 1 mill vacancies in industry
High female unemployment
