Other benefits include severance payments provided for under generally applicable regulations (retirement benefit, survivor’s allowance, severance for redundancy, severance payable to elected employees).

They also include benefits to which certain employees are entitled under special provisions for certain professional groups, collective agreements or remuneration regulations (e.g. jubilee award, increased retirement allowances).

An employee is entitled to a retirement (disability pension) benefit if:

• they meet the conditions of eligibility for disability pension or retirement;
• their employment relationship has ended due to disability pension or retirement.

An employee who has received the benefit cannot reacquire the right to it.

The benefit is equal to one month’s remuneration. It is calculated in accordance with the rules applicable to the determination of the pecuniary equivalent for annual leave.

A survivor’s allowance is payable by the employer to the employee’s family in the case of:

• death of the employee during the employment relationship or
• during the period of receiving sickness benefit after termination of such a relationship.

The amount of the survivor’s allowance depends on the length of service of the employee for the employer and amounts to:

• one month’s remuneration if the employee has been employed for less than 10 years;
• three months’ remuneration if the employee has been employed for at least 10 years;
• six months’ remuneration if the employee has been employed for at least 15 years.

 The survivor’s allowance is paid to the following members of the employee’s family:

• the spouse;
• other family members who are eligible to receive the survivor’s pension (renta rodzinna) under legal regulations on retirement pensions and disability pensions from the Social Insurance Fund.

The survivor’s allowance is divided equally among all eligible family members. If only one family member entitled to the survivor’s allowance survives the deceased employee, this person is entitled to half of the relevant amount.

The survivor’s allowance is not payable to family members if the employer has insured the employee for life and the compensation paid by the insurer is not lower than the survivor’s allowance. If the compensation is lower than the survivor’s allowance, the employer is obliged to pay the family the difference between the two benefits.