Widow’s pension. President Andrzej Duda made a decision

The second benefit will be paid. From July 1, 2025 to December 31, 2026 at 15% and from January 1, 2027 at 25%. – The amendment is assumed. The maximum total number of beneficiaries is set at three times the minimum pension.

widow’s pension entitlement They must be widows and widowers who were married until the death of their husband and reached the general retirement age. Another condition is that the death of the husband must not occur before five years of reaching the standard retirement age.

The amendment aims to improve the economic situation of the elderly after the death of their spouse. Currently, in the event of overlapping rights to retirement and disability benefits, only one of them can be obtained. This means that widows can keep their retirement pension or give it up and choose the survivor’s pension after the deceased.

originally The Citizens’ Project assumes that widows can keep their benefits and increase them by 50%. Survivor’s pension after the deceased spouse or – if this alternative is more advantageous – they receive the survivor’s pension after the deceased spouse and 50%. Your benefitThe authors of the Citizens’ Project also wanted the amount of benefits they received to be no more than three times the average pension in Poland.

More than 200,000 people have signed the civil project. People.