The Director of the Benefits Unit at the General Authority for Pensions and Social Security, Hind Al-Suwaidi, confirmed that the pension law equals men and women in all privileges and rights, but it expands on the rights of women, given the multiple roles they play in serving the community, explaining that the law gives the widow the right to collect Between her salary from work and her share in her husband's pension, as well as between her personal pension and her share in the death of her deceased husband.
Al Suwaidi indicated, during a workshop organized by the Ministry of Justice to sensitize the Ministry’s employees to the Federal Pensions Law, that the law gave women the right to purchase 10 years of legal service, while men were granted the right to purchase five years, and the 10 years give women an increase in their pensions by 20%, with confirmation However, to purchase this period, the insured must have spent 20 years in service, as the period purchased does not complement the period required for entitlement to the retirement pension, but rather for the purpose of improving the pension rate.
Al Suwaidi indicated that the pension in the law is not inherited, and therefore the shares of the beneficiaries are not distributed according to the provisions of the Sharia, because the law does not differentiate between the boy and the girl when distributing the pension, as it equals the share of the girl from the pension of her mother or father, with the share of the boy, and sometimes the daughter receives A pension is greater than her male brothers, when there is more than one widow in the pension, where her mother's pension is passed on her death.
She added that if the daughter’s share due in the father’s or mother’s pension is interrupted due to marriage or joining work, her suspended share will be refunded if she is divorced, widowed, or quits work and does not have a pension or salary, confirming that the law established that if she widowed or divorced the girl after death The father or mother, she did not have a salary or pension, and she was not entitled to a share in the pension of her father or mother, a share will be created for her without prejudice to the shares of other beneficiaries.
Al Suwaidi explained that, unlike the boy, the age does not remove the girl from the pension, “where she stays in it until what God wills,” unless the conditions for entitlement are denied to her, while the child comes out of the pension if he joins work or reaches the age of 21, or 28 if he studies .
Support the women's march
The General Authority for Pensions and Social Insurance said that the federal pension law concerned women with some advantages, which strengthened their pioneering role in the service of their family and society, stressing that the state gave women great attention when it provided them with equal opportunities with men, and supported their social and professional path, so that they became an active partner In achieving sustainable development in the country.
Enhance insurance awareness
The Assistant Undersecretary for Support Services in the Ministry of Justice, Abdullah Al-Majed, confirmed that the Ministry is keen to enhance insurance awareness of the pension law of all employees working in the ministry, and that familiarity with the pension law enables employees to adopt best practical practices while they are at the head of their work, in order to obtain The best insurance benefits when they retire.
The Pensions Law gives women the right to purchase 10 years of legal service.