The General Authority for Pensions and Social Security reported that the Pension Law introduced an additional share of the deceased’s pension, which was disbursed to certain groups without prejudice to the shares of other beneficiaries in the pension, in the event that if the girl, sister, or mother was widowed or divorced, or the son or brother became unable to earn after the death of his The pension and none of them had no salary or other pension.
This came during a workshop organized by the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation in cooperation with the “Pensions Authority” and attended by the Ministry's director of financial resources management, Widad Rashid Al-Qamzi, in addition to the directors and heads of departments in the ministry, presented by the director of the Customer Happiness Unit at the authority, Muhammad Saqr Al Hammadi.
Al-Hammadi explained during the workshop that the created share is one of the benefits gained in the pension law, which entitles the right to obtain a share from the commission to those who renew their right to eligibility conditions, where the provisions of the law confirmed that in the event that she widows or divorces the girl, sister, mother, or becomes the son or The brother is unable to earn after the death of the pensioner and they have no salary or other pension. An additional share in the pension is created from the treasury of the Commission without diminishing the shares of the remaining beneficiaries, which shows the symbiotic enjoyed by the Federal Pensions Law.
He pointed out that the created share is similar to the original shares that are paid to the beneficiaries on the date of the death of the pensioner in accordance with the law, for example, a share is allocated to the girl equivalent to the share of her brothers or sisters, noting that this share does not pass to any of the other beneficiaries when it is discontinued like the rest of the original shares in Law.
And among the cases of entitlement in natural cases, indicating that the girl deserves a share in the pension if she is not married, divorced or widowed on the date of death, or that she is not practicing a profession on the date of death, and does not receive any salary from work or another pension, and the sister if the same is available The reasons, with proof of her dependence in her living on the deceased in the event of his life, with the applicable cases of interruption of the girl's share and her return in the pension to her.
Al-Hammadi said: "The conditions of entitlement apply to the son if his age at the date of death is less than (21) years, and the share is interrupted upon reaching the age of (21) years. Age (28), whichever comes first, and the pension continues to be paid to the son after reaching the age of (21) if he is unable to earn, and the conditions for the son's entitlement apply to the brother, in addition to proving his dependence in his living on his deceased brother in the event of his life, and cases of loss of share apply to him as In the case of the son. "
He explained that the conditions for the father's entitlement to a share in the pension of the deceased son is that he be dependent on his living for his son in the event of his life, while the mother deserves a share in the pension of the deceased son if the mother is a widow or divorced and her husband is dependent on his deceased son in the event of his life, and she has no salary or salary Another pension from any party in the country.
He added: "The widow is entitled to a share in her husband's pension even if she works or receives another pension, and her share of the pension is permanently cut if she gets married, and he does not return to her if she divorces, noting that the presence of one widow in the pension without other beneficiaries makes her due to three quarters of the pension, If the widows are multiple, the pension shall be distributed among them equally, regardless of the amount of the due share.
He pointed out that the husband deserves a share in his deceased wife's pension provided that he has a health deficit that prevents him from earning, and that he does not have a salary or other pension from any party in the state, and the disability is proven by a decision of the medical committee to prove cases of disability.
He pointed out that in the event that the wife dies and is entitled to a retirement pension, the pension is distributed to her children just like that of the man, where the son deserves a share in his mother’s pension if he is less than 21 years old on the date of death, and the girl deserves a share of her mother's pension as long as she is not married ( Divorced - widow - unmarried) Her share will be suspended by marriage or work and her share will be re-paid if she is divorced or widowed, provided that she does not have a salary or other pension and she has not joined a job.
He pointed out that if the widow dies after the death of her husband or gets married, her share will pass to her sons and daughters from her husband to distribute among them equally, if she does not have sons or daughters, her share will be transferred to the rest of the widows if they find that their share will be distributed equally to them, just as the pension goes to the widow of the insured if he does not There were other beneficiaries of sons and daughters whose share does not exceed three quarters of the pension and the entire pension in case they are multiple, provided that they are distributed equally among them.
With regard to the father, he said, he deserves a share of his deceased son's pension if he relied on his living for him in the event of his life, and this is proven according to the rules in force in the commission.
And he stated that if the pension is cut off in whole or in part from one of the pensioner’s children for any reason, what was cut to the rest of the children shall be transferred to the shares within the limits of the shares before raising them to the minimum set by the law.
Al-Hammadi said: “As for brothers and sisters, they deserve a share in the deceased pension of their deceased brother whenever they depended on his living condition upon his life, and the entitlement is related to the conditions for cutting the pension from those deserving of the sons and daughters mentioned earlier.”
He added that the symbiosis in the law extends to sometimes include the sons and daughters of the son, where the law clarified that if their father died in the case of his father’s life and they did not have a pension on the authority of their father, their father’s share would be passed on to him from his father, and if his father had passed away after his entitlement to the pension on his father’s share, his father’s share would be passed on to them In the pension, in the previous two cases, the provisions for cutting the pension from those who are entitled to sons and daughters apply.
It is worth noting that the number of beneficiaries of the Pension Authority during 2019 was 7244, compared to 7096 in 2018.