Verkhovna Rada Committee on Social Policy, Employment and Pension Provision recommends Ukrainian Parliament adopt draft law "On introduction of amendments into Article 36 of Law of Ukraine "On compulsory state pension insurance" (as to assignation of pensions in view of loss of breadwinners to families of those killed during or as a result of injuries received in Dignity Revolution clashes) as a basis and on the whole
Information Department
04 September 2015, 12:00
According to the information provided by
the Committee Secretariat, the members of the Committee drew attention to the
fact that today, the abovementioned families can receive pension only if the
breadwinner had pension insurance record as at the day of his/her death, which
he/she needed to get the pension assigned under the III disability category.
Therefore, the families were left without state social assistance.
In
case the draft law is adopted, members of the said families would automatically
gain the right to additional pension payments.