The benefit will be paid on the September pension payment dates, i.e. 10, 15, 20 or 25 September this year.
The fourteenth pension will be paid together with the retirement pension, disability pension or supplementary parental benefit.
Also in September this year, the fourteenth pension will be received by people who receive benefits quarterly and people who were entitled to benefits until August 31, 2024 and whose payment was suspended from September 1, 2024.
This is a benefit that is granted ex officio and there is no need to submit any applications in this regard. A decision on granting another additional annual cash benefit will be sent to each eligible pensioner and annuity holder.
Who is entitled to the fourteenth pension?
The fourteenth pension is payable to persons who are entitled to one of the following benefits on 31 August 2024:
- agricultural pension,
- agricultural pension due to incapacity for work,
- survivors' pension,
- periodic agricultural pension,
- supplementary parental benefit,
– if the total amount of benefits received does not exceed PLN 4,630.96.
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How much can retirees count on?
The fourteenth pension is payable in the amount of:
- PLN 1,780.96, if the amount of pension benefits due does not exceed PLN 2,900,
- PLN 1,780.96 reduced by the difference between the amount of pension and disability benefits due and PLN 2,900 – if the amount of pension and disability benefits due exceeds PLN 2,900 (reduction in accordance with the “zloty for zloty” principle).
The benefit is not granted if its amount is less than PLN 50.
A person whose pension benefit/total pension benefits exceed PLN 4,630.96 will not receive the fourteenth pension.
When determining the amount of pension benefits received, the sum of the amounts of these benefits is taken into account, gross before deductions, withholdings and reductions, as well as before the suspension of the supplementary part in connection with the continued conduct of agricultural activity.
An advance payment for income tax and a contribution to universal health insurance are deducted from the fourteenth pension according to the rules in force from 1 January 2024.
No other deductions or collections are made from the fourteenth pension.
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Fourteen and survivors' pension
For a survivor's pension to which more than one person is entitled, one fourteenth pension is payable, which will be paid in an amount proportional to the number of persons entitled to that pension as at 31 August 2024.
If more than one person is entitled to a survivor's pension and one of them is entitled to a social pension or parental supplementary benefit, the fourteenth survivor's pension pension will be divided according to the number of persons entitled to a survivor's pension, excluding the person entitled to a social pension/parental supplementary benefit.
A person excluded from the number of persons entitled to a survivor's pension is entitled to a separate, subsequent additional annual cash benefit on account of the right to a combination of the social pension/supplementary parental benefit and the part of the survivor's pension to which he or she is entitled.
A person who is entitled to several benefits is entitled to only one fourteenth pension, which will be paid by the relevant pension authority.
To a person to whom KRUS pays a retirement or agricultural pension concurrently with a benefit granted by ZUS, the fourteenth pension will be paid by the Fund.
On the other hand, for pensioners to whom KRUS pays an agricultural pension and ZUS pays an occupational pension, the fourteenth pension will be paid by ZUS, which will take the sum of the pension from ZUS and KRUS to determine the amount of the additional benefit.
Source: KRUS
