Retirement is simply a benefit aimed at financial support for those who have lost their spouse. In fresh months, the government has announced fresh rules on the amount and dates of payment of this benefit. As of July 2025, the widow's pension is to be 25% of the deceased spouse's benefit, and the full amount of her pension is to be achieved in 2027.
New Regulations and Benefits
The widow's pension, according to the fresh regulations, will amount to 25% of the benefits of the deceased spouse. The first citizens' bill provided that the widow's pension would represent 50% of the deceased's benefit, but due to budgetary constraints, the government decided to reduce this amount to 25%. As announced, the fresh regulations will enter into force on 1 January 2025, and payments will begin on 1 July 2025.
Progressive Introduction of Changes
The widow's pension will be introduced gradually. From 1 July 2025 to 31 December 2026, the benefit will be 15% of the added benefit. Only from 1 January 2027 will this amount increase to 25%. specified a gradual increase is intended to let the Social Insurance Institution and another pension and pension bodies to prepare themselves decently for this task.
Limitations on the Quality of Benefits
The government besides set a limit on the amount of widow’s pension. The benefit will be paid up to a limit of 3 times the lowest pension. In 2025 this limit will be PLN 5705.13 gross. In practice, this means that the widow's pension will only be paid until the full gross amount of PLN 5705.13 has been reached.
Purpose of the fresh Regulations
The main nonsubjective of introducing the widow's pension is to prevent the economical degradation of elder households after the death of the spouse. The fresh government aims to support older people who are most susceptible to deterioration in their financial situation after losing their life partner. The government emphasises that the amount of the benefit must be treated as a social policy instrument to prevent the economical deterioration of pensioners' households.
Verification of the Quality of Benefits
The government announced that in 2028 it would verify the rate of benefits at the confluence to measure the anticipation and appropriateness of its increase. This means that future changes in widow’s pension may occur, depending on the socio-economic situation of older people.
Retirement is simply a benefit aimed at financial support for those who have lost their spouse. The fresh provisions, which will enter into force in 2025, introduce a widow's pension of 25% of the deceased spouse's benefit, with the full amount of the benefit to be achieved in 2027. The government has decided to gradually make changes to let pension authorities to prepare themselves decently for this task. The main nonsubjective of introducing the widow's pension is to prevent the economical degradation of elder households after the death of the spouse.
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New widow’s pension: The amount of the Benefit and the Deadlines
