A complaint regarding the widow's pension
“25 April 2025 we lodged a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights against the state Polish, challenging pensions granted only to widowed personsThat is discrimination due to marital status in granting social benefits in senior age ” – said the Solo parents on Facebook on May 8 – versus. It was indicated that lonely seniors who never had husbands were abandoned, left because They will lose an average of 250,000 PLN from your disability contributionsi.e. an amount equal to the value of a small apartment.
“These funds will be transferred to widowed persons who will receive additional benefits in the form of a survivor's pension or widow of a few hundred to several, and sometimes several thousand zlotys per monthadded to the salary or pension, “reads.
It can be said directly – the system forces independent mothers, fathers and other lonely citizens to give money to the equivalent of a flat to widowed persons, so that in retirement age they have benefits by 50 percent. higher than lonely seniors who paid the same contributions
– indicated.
“We were met by arrogance and accusations of manipulation”
The organization informed that she had submitted over two thousand letters to the government, parliamentarians, the Ombudsman and the ministers, calling for supporting lonely seniors who were not wives at the time of the death of her husband, but carried the full parental and professional responsibility.
Organization Parents Solo – Obtra also reported that the Ministry of Family, Work and social policy does not plan to support the unhealthy seniors. “On the part of other left -wing politicians, we were met by arrogance and accusations of manipulation. It is the left – this from 'women's rights' and 'concern about the weaker' – it was the most ruthless towards us. We will not be silent. We will not agree that the system supports only those who have been 'properly abandoned' – we read.
When is the widow's payment?
From January 1, 2025, applications for a widow are accepted, and the payment of the benefit will start from July 1, 2025. In the ERWD application, the payment option should be indicated. Two options are available: 100 percent survivors' pensions and 15 percent own benefits or 100 percent own benefits and 15 percent survivors' pension. According to data on May 6, 749 thousand people submitted to ZUS An application for a widow's pension.
Read also: “New benefit from ZUS. Decisions will be issued from June. Appeal from the Ministry“.
Sources: Solo parents – versus (Facebook), ZUS (X)