Widow’s pension after 10 months. Will this criterion be abolished?
10 months have passed since the introduction of widow’s pension. So far, nearly 950,000 people have received the benefit. people. A petition to change the criteria for granting a pension landed on the president’s desk.
At the beginning of this year, a new benefit, the widow’s pension, came into force. These are combined benefits, one of which is a survivor’s pension. You can receive 100% as a widow’s pension. own benefit (pension or disability pension) and 15 percent. benefit due to the deceased spouse or vice versa (the campaign announced that it would be 50%).
Widow’s pension after 10 months. That’s how many people received
Benefit payments started in July. Data provided by the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Policy show that so far nearly 950,000 people have received widow’s pensions. entitled. In total, over PLN 306 million was paid.
– Widow’s pension payments are in progress. It has already been received by 949.9 thousand people. people – for a total amount of PLN 306.1 million – informs the family resort on the X platform.
It is estimated that eligible persons receive on average PLN 354 in additional payment every month.
To receive a widow’s pension you must meet the following conditions:
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complete the general retirement age, which is 60 for women and 65 for men,
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remain in the marital community until the death of the spouse,
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acquire the right to a survivor’s pension after the deceased spouse no earlier than before reaching the age of 55 (women) and 60 years (men),
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the sum of combined benefits cannot exceed three times the minimum pension, currently it is PLN 5,636.73 gross.
Will there be changes?
Many people have reservations about the above-mentioned criteria. A petition has appeared on the president’s desk regarding changes to the rules for granting benefits. The author of the petition, a single mother of five children, whose husband died at the age of 47, points out that the current age criterion deprives her of the right to the benefit despite meeting the other conditions. In her opinion, the regulation is “discriminatory” because it denies support to people whose spouses died “too early.”
The applicant appeals to President Karol Nawrocki for a legislative initiative abolishing or modifying the age criterion. The change would restore access to the benefit to people in a difficult financial situation after the loss of a spouse.
