Currently, after the death of a spouse, a widow or widower must decide whether they want to receive their own pension or a survivor's pension. Widows usually stay with their interest because it is higher. Widows often receive a survivor's pension. Although it is 85 percent. The deceased's pension, because it is usually more financially beneficial for them (women usually get lower pensions).
But how do you maintain an apartment or house and pay the bills with less than one pension, when until recently there were two benefits? Widows and widowers have been demanding changes to regulations for years, but successive governments have been unwilling to address the problem. The matter was taken into their own hands by trade unionists from OPZZ, who collected signatures on the citizens' bill offering widows' pensions and presented it to the House of Representatives in the previous term.
Because it is a civil initiative, and despite the change in the term of office, work on it may continue. The parliamentary Social Policy Committee is scheduled to consider the project on Thursday.
This is the amount of the widow's pension. Seniors will gain a lot. Who is entitled to receive the money?
Widow's pension. These are supposed to be the rules
What does the project include? The widow can either keep her pension and receive a 50% bonus. Husband's pension (This is the alternative we adopted in our simulations), Or choose your husband's pension and add 50%. Your pension.
Let's explain this using the example of a retired couple. The wife receives PLN 1,000. 780 PLN, 96 large lump sum pension, husband – 2000 PLN. Total 500 PLN. After his death, his widow received a pension of 2,000 Polish zlotys. Total 125 PLN. If the widow's pension is introduced, she can receive her benefit and an additional half of the survivor's pension. This means that 2000 Polish zlotys can be transferred to her account. Total PLN 843.46.
Widow's pension. “rolling model”
The government agrees on the need to improve the lot of widows and widowers. Family Minister, Agnieszka Dzimjanovic-Bak, indicated that it was possible that the reform could be introduced in a “renewed” model.
– Not immediately as much as we would ultimately like, but in a way that increases the interest from year to year – the Family Minister announced a few months ago.
More than 10 thousand pensions? Many more people may get such a feature soon
The bill assumes that in the first step, the widow or widower can receive 15% in addition to their benefits. The survivor's pension, in the second case – 20 percent, and in the third case only – 50 percent.
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