The article, based on the well-established view of the Polish doctrine that the fulfilment of social risk is a premise for providing social security benefits, calls into question the correctness of this thesis in relation to retirement. In addition, he asks the question whether, given the new circumstances that people face during their lives as a result of socioeconomic changes accompanying the transformation towards a post-industrial society — the premise for granting protection in the case of the right to a pension may be social risk. Further considerations focus on, among others on the issue of how possible “retirement (old age) risk” should be understood as social risk.
