Suspension of activities conducted in the form of a law firm of attorney-at-law in connection with taking care of a person with disabilities
Suspension of activities conducted in the form of a law firm of attorney-at-law in connection with taking care of a person with disabilities

Summary/Abstract: Recently, the need for changes in normative regulations relating to the support provided by the State to caregivers of people with disabilities has been raised. It is pointed out that this care is often provided by individuals who have the competence, education, and potential to perform work or other gainful activities in a manner that does not impede the care of the person with a disability. It is also argued that the changing conditions of work, including the dynamic development of modern technologies enabling professional activities to be carried out at home, are conducive to such organization of the work that makes it possible to combine the duties of a caregiver of a person with disabilities with professional activities.3 In the current normative state, the care benefit can only be granted if the caregiver of a person with disabilities is an economically inactive person, as the establishment of the right to this benefit is determined by not taking up or resigning from employment or other gainful activity. In view of the above, it is necessary to analyze whether suspension of professional activities conducted in the form of a law firm of attorney-at-law meets this prerequisite or whether its fulfillment must involve termination of activities conducted in this form. One cannot ignore that taking the care in question is a new and uncertain situation for the caregiver of a person with disabilities, which he/she may not be able to cope with, and that often, the provision of such care is a temporary situation which lasts as long as it can be provided in a home environment. In such cases, it is reasonable for the attorney-at-law to temporarily suspend professional activities conducted in the form of a law firm, rather than to permanently discontinue them.

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