A survivor’s pension, sometimes also called a widow’s or a widow’s pension, is a benefit that is payable to members of the deceased’s family after death. To receive them, certain conditions must be met. The widow or widower receiving the benefit must resign from it, and the child or other family member must remember about . The income earned by a person entitled to a survivor’s pension may not exceed 130% of the average salary for a given quarter (from March 1 to May 31, 2023, he cannot earn more than PLN 8,753.60). How to get a survivor’s pension?
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Post-marital retirement. Who is entitled to a survivor’s pension?
The spouses, children, grandchildren, parents or siblings of the deceased are entitled to a survivor’s pension, provided that:
- he had an established right to an old-age pension, including a bridging pension, or met the conditions for receiving it,
- he had an established right to a disability pension,
- received pre-retirement allowance, pre-retirement benefit or teacher compensatory benefit.
A widow may receive a survivor’s pension, if at the time of death of the spouse she was over 50 years old or was unable to work. A survivor’s pension is also payable if the widow is under 50 and:
- brings up at least one of the children, grandchildren or siblings of the deceased who are entitled to a survivor’s pension, provided that the child is under 16 or 18 if he or she is still attending school,
- takes care of a child completely incapable of independent existence or work and entitled to a family pension,
- reached the age of 50 or became incapable of work after the death of the spouse, but not later than 5 years after the death or cessation of raising children.
If the widow does not meet the above conditions but has no source of income, is entitled to receive a survivor’s pension for one year from the death of the spouse or two years if he participates in training qualifying him to perform paid work.
To receive a survivor’s pension, you must apply in person or by post. You will need the death certificate of the deceased (if it has not been submitted to ZUS for the application for payment of the funeral allowance), a personal document and a document confirming the degree of kinship (e.g. marriage or birth certificate) and other documents necessary to obtain the benefit. A complete list can be found at
Revaluation of pensions in 2023. The survivor’s pension in 2023 will also increase
From March 1, 2023, both old-age and disability pensions will increase, including the survivor’s pension. The pension after a deceased spouse is 85 percent. benefit received by him. If the survivor’s pension is collected by two family members, each of them receives an equal share of 90 percent. benefits for the deceased, in the case of a larger number of entitled persons, they can count on 95 percent. divided equally. Widow’s pension however, it cannot be lower than the minimum old-age pension which from March it is PLN 1588.44. It increases in accordance with the rules adopted for other benefits.
Persons receiving a benefit below PLN 1,700 gross will receive PLN 250 more (PLN 227.50 per hand). Amounts above PLN 1,700 will increase as a percentage, and the indexation will be 14.8%. As he calculates, for example, a person who received PLN 1,547 net will receive PLN 1,775.36 from March. The accounts of those who received PLN 1,820 net will receive PLN 2,089.36 in hand from March. In turn, seniors receiving PLN 2,670.00 net will receive as much as PLN 350.76 more from March.
Source: Gazeta
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