It turns out that not only leftists want to make changes in pensions for widows. PO leader Donald Tusk said today that the party has two draft changes on this issue. In both cases, pensioners win, although the amounts are different.
Recall that, according to the current rules, after the death of a spouse, a pensioner has a choice: either he continues to live on his allowance, or goes to a survivor’s pension, called a widow’s pension. This is equivalent to 85 percent. deceased spouse’s pension.
Widow’s pension. The OP has two ideas
A few months ago, the Left suggested applying for a double benefit that would be 100 percent. own pension increased by 25 percent. deceased’s pension.
On Monday, the party’s leader, Donald Tusk, who visited Pszczyna, was asked about Civic Platform’s plans for the widow’s pension. The head of the NGO informed that the group had two draft amendments regarding widows’ pensions. One of them is similar to the idea of the left.
- We propose that the choice is that if I receive my pension, I am also entitled to 25 percent of my pension. deceased spouse’s pension Tusk said.
The second draft, however, suggests that half of the wife’s or husband’s pension can be added to one’s own allowance. The ex-premier stressed that the final form of the project will depend on the final calculations of the cost of new pensions for widows. In particular, how much should be subsidized from the ZUS state budget for the introduction of new benefits.
Malong with change clause
Minister of Family and Social Policy Marlena Malong is cautious about changing pensions for widows. “We are not planning any changes at this time. We have survivors’ pensions, they are firmly anchored in our system. We are currently not reviewing this extension - said the head of the Ministry of Family and Social Policy at the end of January in the program “Political Quarter” on TVP1.
The Ministry of Family and Social Policy, in a commentary by our editors, indicated a few months ago that the above-mentioned amount is 85 percent. of the deceased spouse after valorization is not less than the minimum old-age pension. The resort also reminded that pensioners can count on additional payments in the form of the thirteenth and fourteenth pensions.
Source: Wprost
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