According to preliminary data from the Central Statistical Office, in June 2023 inflation amounted to as much as 11.5%, comparing it to the previous year. Although the cost of living and services is rising, salaries and benefits remain at a similar level. This applies primarily to , which has been paid in the same amount since 2011. Many people wonder if it will be raised. Jacek Sasin recently addressed a similar question.
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Funeral Grant. How much is it and who is entitled to it?
Currently, the amount of the funeral allowance is PLN 4,000. In 2011, the amount was reduced from PLN 6,406 to the current amount and has not changed for twelve years. Although the costs associated with the organization of funerals continue to rise, families have to deplete their home budget much more to organize a burial. Who can receive? It is not only for the member. Employers, social welfare homes, communes and poviats, people from a religious association, and even complete strangers who will incur the costs of burial can also apply for it.
Will the amount of the funeral grant be increased? Position of Minister of State Assets
On Tuesday, July 4, 2023, the Minister of State Assets took part in “Unfinished Rozmowy” on Telewizja “Trwam”. During the broadcast, Jacek Sasin received a call from a viewer who claimed that he had talked to the minister some time ago about increasing the amount of the funeral allowance. – We had a meeting of the leadership of our party, where we talked about it and I think that before the elections we will try to eliminate this injustice. The injustice that arose as a result of the decisions of our predecessors. This is indeed one of the issues that must finally be dealt with – the minister replied to a question from a viewer. Jacek Sasin also declared that he would “do everything” to change the situation related to the funeral allowance before the elections. However, we do not know the details at the moment.
Source: Gazeta
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