Types of Benefits
| Benefit | Type of payment | |
|---|---|---|
| Retirement benefit | Retirement pension, early retirement pension, lump sum retirement pension, lump sum retirement pension deduction, lump sum payment for retirement | |
| Survivors’ benefit | Survivors’ pension, additional payments to a survivors’ pension, special additional payments to a survivors’ pension, lump sum survivors’ pension, lump sum payments to survivors | |
| Retirement allowance | - | |
| Injury or disease not incurred in the line of duty | Disability benefit | Disability benefits from an injury or disease not incurred in the line of duty, disability pension not incurred in the line of duty, lump sum disability payment not incurred in the line of duty |
Survivors’ benefits
| Type | Condition | Amount | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Survivors’ pension | When a civil servant dies while holding office after serving 10 years or more - When a retirement pension beneficiary dies |
60% of the (early) retirement pension | Choose1 |
| Lump sum survivors’ pension | When a civil servant dies while holding office after serving 10 years or more and the survivor intends to receive a lump sum payment in lieu of a pension | (Standard monthly income × years of service×0.975) +(Standard monthly income × years of service exceeding 5 years ×0.0065) Same as the lump sum retirement pension |
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| Additional payments to a survivors’ pension | When a civil servant dies while holding office after serving 10 years or more and the survivor claims the survivors’ pension | 1/4 of the lump sum retirement pension | Additional to survivors’ pension |
| Special additional payments to a survivors’ pension | When a retirement pension beneficiary dies within 3 years of retirement | Lump sum retirement pension at the time of retirement × 1/4 ×[(36 – number of months of receiving retirement pension) × 1/36] | |
| Lump sum survivors’ pension | When a civil servant dies after serving less than 10 years | Same as the lump sum payments to survivors | - |
Scope and priority of survivors
The following is the scope of survivors when a retirement pension beneficiary (civil servant) dies
Priority of survivors eligible for the survivors’ pension is based on the priority of inheritance as stipulated by the Civil Act. Therefore, the spouse has the same priority as the person with the highest priority. If there is more than 1 person with the same priority, the pension is equally divided to between them; or if a representative is designated and delegated to receive the pension, he or she shall receive the entire amount of pension.
When more than 1 person receives the an equal amount of the divided pension, if one survivor dies, his or her stake is transferred to the other survivor with the same priority
Retirement allowance
| Years of service | Ratio of payment | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard monthly income | x | 1-5 years | x | 0.065 |
| 5-10 years | 0.2275 | |||
| 10-15 years | 0.2925 | |||
| 15-20 years | 0.325 | |||
| 20 years or more | 0.39 |