A survivor's pension is calculated based on the deceased's payments: 50% for one disabled family member or 100% for two or more, divided equally.
A wife can receive a man's pension in the event of the loss of a breadwinner, if he was the main source of income. However, such a payment will not always be more profitable than your own.
This is stated in the “Action” appendix.
“If the man was the wife's main source of income, she can apply for his pension. The payment is assigned if the woman is unable to support herself,” the statement says.
Who else is entitled to a survivor's pension:
- the other spouse or parents, if they are disabled or have reached retirement age;
- children under 18 or older, if the disability was established before the age of 18;
- children in school – until completion of education, but not longer than until the age of 23;
- orphans – until the age of 23;
- the other spouse, one of the parents, brother, sister, grandfather or grandmother of the breadwinner, regardless of age and ability to work, who do not work and care for the breadwinner's child until he or she reaches eight years of age.
How is the survivor's pension calculated
The survivor's pension is calculated on the basis of the deceased's payments.
The distribution is as follows:
- for one disabled family member – 50% of the deceased breadwinner's old-age pension;
- for two or more disabled family members – 100% of the old-age pension, distributed equally between them.
Recall that the government has approved a pilot project under which IDPs in nine regions of Ukraine will be able to receive a housing rental subsidy.
“Working” or “non-working” pensioner. How does employment affect the size of the pension?
