Types of public pension, etc. Survivor's pension

From October 2015, the mutual aid pension was unified to Employee Pension Plan (Kosei Nenkin) (outside site)
※Each mutual aid association (group) will continue to provide pensions, etc.

Request for Survivor's Employees' Pension

The survivor's welfare pension is paid to the bereaved family when an insured member of the Employee Pension Plan (Kosei Nenkin) or an old Employee Pension Plan (Kosei Nenkin) beneficiary dies. Basically, the pension is proportional to the compensation paid in addition to the basic survivor's pension.

• Requirements for receiving a survivor's pension

• Range and Ranking of Survivors

The survivor's welfare pension is paid to the survivor's bereaved when the insured or the insured meets any of the following requirements.

1. When the insured dies
2. When he died within 5 years of first visit (Shoshin) due to injury or illness of first visit (Shoshin) Day while he was insured
3. When the beneficiary of the first or second grade disability welfare pension or the beneficiary of the first or second grade disability pension before the revision dies.
4. When a beneficiary of the old-age Employee Pension Plan (Kosei Nenkin) or a person who satisfies the eligibility period for the old-age Employee Pension Plan (Kosei Nenkin), or a beneficiary of the old-age or total old-age pension before the revision dies.

Insurance premium payment requirements
In the case of “1.” and “2.” above, if the person who died, if there is an insured period up to two months before the month to which the day of death belongs, it is necessary to satisfy the premium payment requirement that the sum of the paid period of National Pension Plan (Kokumin Nenkin) and the exemption period, etc., be at least two-thirds of the insured period.

In addition, if the death date is before March 31, 2026, even if the requirements of the previous term are not met, on the day before the death date, the most recent base month before the month to which the death date belongs There is a special case that there is no period in which insurance premiums have been delinquent for one year up to the previous month (for deaths after May 1, 1991, two months before the month to which the month to which the month to which the month to which the day belongs).

Scope of Survivors
The surviving family who can receive the survivor's welfare pension is the spouse of the insured person or the person who was insured but had maintained their livelihood at the time of death (not notified, but effectively married) Including those who are in the same circumstances as the relationship.) It is child, parent, grandchild and grandparent, but, about person except wife, it is necessary to meet the next requirements.

1. For children and grandchildren, they must be by the end of the year in which they reach the age of 18, or are under the age of 20 and have a disability grade 1 or 2 and have not married (for children , Including the case where the fetus at the time of death was born).
2. Husbands, parents, and grandparents must be at least 55 years old (however, parents or grandparents will be suspended until the age of 60).

Survivors whose livelihood was maintained by the insured person or the insured person are those who had the same livelihood as those who died at the time of acquiring the right to receive the survivor's welfare pension. If it is deemed that your income will not exceed 8.5 million yen per year in the future.

Ranking of Survivors
Survivors who can receive the survivor's welfare pension are (1) spouses and children, (2) parents, (2) grandchildren, and (3) grandparents who have maintained their livelihood by the deceased. However, there is an age limit for other than wife.
If the previous ranking is paid, the later ranking is not eligible to receive payment.

Please contact the pension office in your district.

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