GSIS relaxes policy on survivorship pension

[higanstolsdawen]

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My mom's survivorship pension was cut off in 2007, maayo unta tinuod ne para mabalik intawn ang pension sa akong mama.


CEBU, Philippines - Making good its commitment to provide a more responsive service to members and pensioners, the Board of Trustees of the Government Service Insurance System approved Thursday the guidelines to carry out the new policy on the grant of survivorship pension.

Under the guidelines, the maximum amount of basic survivorship pension should not exceed 50 percent of Step 8 of the current salary of an Undersecretary under the Salary Standardization Law, or slightly over P30,000.

Robert G. Vergara, GSIS president and general manager, said the ceiling is based on the rank of an Undersecretary because “this is the highest career position in government.”

He said for those whose pensions were suspended under the old policy, the GSIS will restore the accrued amounts equivalent to the period of suspension.

The GSIS will also request surviving spouses whose applications were previously denied to submit their applications for processing and computation retroactively.

In January, the Board resolved to allow surviving spouses of members and pensioners to receive their monthly pension benefits even if they are gainfully employed and receiving other sources of income.

Previously, surviving spouses were disqualified from getting the usual half of the GSIS pensioners’ monthly benefit if the spouse earns more than the minimum wage rate of national government employees or is getting pension from other institutions.

More than 300,000 old-age and survivorship pensioners stand to benefit from the new policy.

Vergara assured the GSIS will remain focused in its social mission and will put the highest premium on the needs of its over 1.7 million members and pensioners.

For any question about the new survivorship policy, members may call hotline number 479-3645 or visit the nearest GSIS office.

[miyay]

this is good news for surviving spouses

[Hammer_and_Sickle]

good news, maynta ilang tinod-on, looy pud tawn ang mga tiguwang

[miyay]

tinuod ni. got an sms from gsis today.

surviving spouse who are gainfully employed and/or receiving other pension are now eligible to receive survivorship pension. for details call (02) 479-3645.

i hope dili nasad ni himoong modus sa atong mga enterprising citizens. minyoan ang mga kamatyonon nilang relative na gsis pensioner para lang makakuha og survivorship pension..tsk tsk tsk

[yacky2006]

tinuod ni. got an sms from gsis today.

surviving spouse who are gainfully employed and/or receiving other pension are now eligible to receive survivorship pension. for details call (02) 479-3645.

i hope dili nasad ni himoong modus sa atong mga enterprising citizens. minyoan ang mga kamatyonon nilang relative na gsis pensioner para lang makakuha og survivorship pension..tsk tsk tsk

kuyaw sad e loan shark sa mga anak

[miyay]

^hahaha! mao. lisod ning sa gobyerno, daghan magpautang, makatintal. asta mga anak nakat-on nalang og utang

[azinec]

og buot huna2x.on, dli man unta to angay undangon ang pag hatag sa Surv Pension. gi lahi lang pag interpret sa previous GSIS administration ang provision sa RA8291 mao na suspend..