US EditionChange Needed so Widows Can Get Illness Benefit – Lynch
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Change needed so widows can get Illness Benefit – Lynch
The Minister for Social Protection must address an anomaly in the social welfare system which prevents young widowed people from accessing the Illness Benefit payment if they are off sick from work, said a Fine Gael Senator. Senator Eileen Lynch has called on Minister Dara Calleary to make changes to the rules around the Widow’s […] The post Change needed so widows can get Illness Benefit – Lynch appeared first on Fine Gael.
Reading time 2 minutesAfter the death of the spouse, the survivors receive a widower's or widower's pension. So far, so good. But not everyone and every survivor has a right to it, and there are some things to care for. Widow's pension exists only with application Unlike certain other pensions, a survivor's pension is not automatically paid. A widow's pension must be applied for as an affected person with the statutory pension insurance. Where d…
A new benefit will soon be paid out. It is the so-called widow's pension. It will allow you to receive your own benefit and share in the one paid to your deceased spouse. This solution is not an exception in Europe. It has been operating in Germany for years. It provides greater funds, and Polish citizens may also be entitled to it.
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