Sejm Speaker W\u0142odzimierz Czarzasty has announced plans to increase the widow\u2019s pension to 50 percent of the second benefit by 2028, aiming to expand eligibility to all surviving spouses. <\/p>\n
Sejm Speaker W\u0142odzimierz Czarzasty has announced that the widow\u2019s pension is intended to double from its current level of 25 percent to 50 percent of the second benefit by 2028. The initiative aims to extend coverage to all widowers and widows, replacing the current restrictive criteria.<\/p>\n
Czarzasty stated on July 1 that the Left party intends to implement these reforms while in government, ensuring that the total benefit structure consists of 100 percent of the primary benefit and 50 percent of the secondary benefit, applicable to all eligible individuals.<\/p>\n
As of July 1, 2025, the widow\u2019s pension is paid at 15 percent of the second benefit, increasing to 25 percent in January 2027. To qualify, applicants must be at least 60 years old for women or 65 for men, have remained in a marriage until the spouse’s death, not have remarried, and have acquired the right to a survivor’s pension after age 55 or 60 respectively.<\/p>\n
The benefit allows for the combination of a survivor’s pension with other personal benefits, such as old-age, disability, or military pensions. However, the total sum of combined benefits cannot exceed three times the lowest pension amount; if this limit is surpassed, the benefits are subject to reduction.<\/p>\n
Applicants must file an ERWD form to establish the concurrence of benefits with the Social Insurance Institution (ZUS) or the relevant pension authority. This can be done starting 30 days before all qualifying conditions are met. If an individual already holds the right to both a survivor’s pension and their own benefit, the application process is simplified.<\/p>\n
ZUS or the relevant pension body must issue a decision within 30 days of clarifying all necessary circumstances. If rejected, claimants have the right to appeal to a district labor and social security court within one month of receiving the decision, with no fees required for the appeal process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sejm Speaker W\u0142odzimierz Czarzasty has announced plans to increase the widow\u2019s pension to 50 percent of the second benefit by 2028, aiming to expand eligibility to all surviving spouses. Proposed Changes and Future Implementation Sejm Speaker W\u0142odzimierz Czarzasty has announced that the widow\u2019s pension is intended to double from its current level of 25 percent […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics-and-law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9947\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}