“Dependence on the wife” is one of the conditions for the husband of the deceased to be entitled to a share of her pension

85% of those entitled to "deceased pensions" in Abu Dhabi are female

Abu Dhabi Pensions: The beneficiary is everyone who has a pension determined for the death of the insured or pensioner.

The Abu Dhabi Retirement Fund confirmed that the husband of an insured female citizen or a pensioner may be entitled to a share in her retirement pension upon her death, if he is in the category “dependent on his wife for his livelihood”, provided that he does not receive a salary from an employer registered in the fund, regardless of His nationality, while the Fund revealed that 85% of the deceased citizens' pension recipients are female.

In detail, a recent statistic of the Abu Dhabi Retirement Fund reported that the percentage of females entitled to the pensions of their deceased retired relatives had risen to 85% of the total number of beneficiaries, until the end of last July, indicating that the total number of those entitled to pensions for their deceased relatives amounted to nearly 9,666 persons, of whom 8,180 were eligible. , Compared to about 1,486 male recipients, representing 15% of the total recipients.

The fund explained to "Emirates Today" that the beneficiary is everyone who is entitled to a pension due to the death of the insured or the pensioner (husband or widows, children, parents, brothers and sisters, children of the son), indicating that the beneficiaries are entitled, whether they are citizens or non-citizens, and those who are available They have the conditions of entitlement stipulated in Law No. (2) of 2000 in the matter of civil retirement pensions and benefits for the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and its amendments, the right to receive shares from the pension of the deceased insured or retired, according to the text of the law, as of the beginning of the month following the date of death.

The fund stated that for the son's entitlement he must not have reached the age of 21, with the exception of cases of incapable earning, and the student in one of the stages of education that exceeds secondary education on the condition that he does not exceed the age of 26 years, while the girl’s eligibility is required to be unmarried and not working, as is the condition for eligibility The father is to be dependent on the deceased son for his livelihood.

The Fund indicated that one of the conditions for the mother's entitlement is that she is divorced or widowed, and for brothers and sisters to be eligible for their livelihood, they must fulfill the conditions for the sons and daughters of the deceased insured. The pension is for their father's share to be transferred to them, according to the special conditions stipulated in the law in order for the sons and daughters of the deceased insured to be entitled to the share in the pension.

The fund confirmed that the husband of the deceased insured person or the pensioner could be entitled to a share in the retirement pension, if he is in the category “dependent on his wife for his livelihood,” provided that he does not receive a salary from an employer registered in the fund, regardless of his nationality.

Female citizens

The Abu Dhabi Retirement Fund stated that the percentage of female national workers now constitutes 45% of the total number of workers in the private and government sectors in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, after it did not exceed 11% of the workforce in 2000 when the Abu Dhabi Retirement Fund was established, noting that the total number of female citizens working in the two sectors The government and private sector in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi has exceeded 40,000, after 1,151 female citizens joined the labor market during the period from January to last July.

The total number of pension recipients on behalf of their deceased relatives, reached approximately 9,666 beneficiaries.

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