Benefits for parents and wives of deceased military personnel

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Although military wives do not serve, they still face many of the hardships and disadvantages of military service. This is due to constant moving, the need to live in military camps and the absence of a husband for a long period of time.

Sometimes men are transferred to remote garrisons, where women have to raise children and look for new jobs. Sometimes they cannot find a job at all, which negatively affects their future pension. Therefore, at the state level, unique preferences are offered to improve the financial condition of such families.

What benefits are offered by law to the wives of military personnel?

Women who marry military personnel are immediately prepared for various hardships. If the husband serves by conscription, then this has practically no effect on the girl’s life. This is due to the short service life of one year, as well as the absence of the need to move to a new place of residence. But if a man serves under a contract and builds a military career, then this greatly affects the life of the family.

To simplify a woman’s working and living conditions, the state offers her various preferences and benefits. Due to the need to move regularly, women have difficulty finding employment. They deal with raising children, finding kindergartens and schools, as well as other everyday problems. Therefore, they often cannot accumulate the required length of service to receive a pension.

The main support measures for military wives include:

• favorable conditions for employment;
• the opportunity to improve living conditions at the expense of public funds;
• provision of pensions on preferential terms;
• receiving free medical care when contacting employees of military institutions;
• registration of free vouchers to sanatoriums;
• providing large payments and other measures of assistance to military widows.

When moving, women face many difficulties, interrupt their work experience and spend a long time searching for a new job. Therefore, they receive labor, pension and social preferences. Support measures are offered on the basis of Federal Law No. 76, Federal Law No. 306 and Federal Law No. 81.

The exact number of benefits offered to women depends on the rank and characteristics of the husband's service.

But at the same time, general assistance measures include:

• employment on favorable terms;
• retraining at the expense of public money;
• receiving medical care in departmental institutions intended for military personnel;
• the period of stay in the garrison is counted towards the length of service;
• receiving free vouchers to a sanatorium.

Even widows retain many preferences, but only until they remarry.

It is also useful to read: List of benefits for combat veterans

What are the preferences?

The federal budget provides not only the right to a pension for the spouse of a military personnel, but also a number of other privileges.

In 2020, the following social, housing, and medical benefits are provided for them:

• provision of housing when moving to a garrison, military unit or compensation for rental services;
• free travel to the place of duty and to the place of rest once a year;
• leave at the right time if the husband is given time off;
• free medical care in military clinics and prescription medications.

These are mandatory preferences that military spouses enjoy during their service.

When taking into account the labor guard, it should be borne in mind that the pension is assigned after reaching retirement age (55 years for women, 60 years for men). But this period can be reduced when they are left without a husband and cannot provide for themselves due to inability to work or raising a minor child.

Government Decree No. 216 of April 17, 2006 provides for the calculation of pension benefits taking into account regional coefficients when the family lived in remote areas or in a “northern” climate.

After the death of a spouse, his wife can apply for payments for utility bills and social benefits.

Payments upon birth of children

In the event of pregnancy, all women are entitled to an appropriate benefit. For military spouses serving under contract, these funds are allocated through social security.

The guaranteed amount in 2020 is 34,521.2 rubles, which consists of the minimum wage established for 140 days of sick leave.

In addition to this state payment, there are other types of assistance to military wives when raising children:

• fixed payment for early registration (up to 12 weeks).
• lump sum benefit at birth (the spouse can receive it from the accounting department at the military unit).
• additional payments from social support authorities for children under 3 years of age.

Thus, women living in military garrisons can count on all monetary preferences when having children.

Types of assistance for wives of military contractors

If the husband serves on the basis of a contract, the wife can count on several privileges.

These include:

• preferential right to occupy vacant positions in companies under special conditions, with the help of which a girl effectively combines work with childcare;
• labor benefits, which include the possibility of having a shorter working day or receiving a period of rest at the same time as your husband;
• retirement is carried out according to individual conditions, for which an increased payment is offered, and the time spent in the garrison is included in the length of service;
• it becomes possible to significantly improve living conditions at the expense of the state, since the military man participates in the NIS program, under which military mortgages are offered on favorable terms;
• support measures in the healthcare sector are being drawn up;
• if a man dies or is fired, then financial support is offered in the form of pensions or other payments.

Attention! Many assistance measures are offered solely on an application basis, so a woman must independently find out about all the possibilities, which are formalized by preparing an application and other documentation.

When going on maternity leave

A woman planning to have a child must find out in advance what benefits and payments she is entitled to by law. After the birth of a child, a military spouse receives not only a standard one-time benefit, but also a monthly cash payment.

Wives of cadets or women who live with a military man in a civil marriage, without formalizing the relationship, will not be able to count on a monthly allowance.

As a standard, a benefit is paid depending on the girl’s average earnings. To do this, her income for 2 years of work is taken into account. If a woman does not work, she is deprived of the right to maternity benefits. The exception is the situation when a girl is fired from a liquidated company.

Labor benefits

Military spouses are often forced to move, so they have to regularly change their place of employment. This leads to interruption of work experience and negativity from potential employers.

They often face refusal, as company leaders are interested in reducing turnover. Therefore, according to the law, such girls can count on certain government support even in the process of searching for a place of employment.

Such preferences include:

• the opportunity to fill available vacancies in the civil service;
• free retraining or retraining is offered when applying to the labor exchange;
• if the family moves to a new place due to the husband’s work, then the wife can come to the employment center to register as unemployed to receive benefits, and it is extended for the period of maternity leave, but the period cannot exceed three years.

If a girl works in a permanent place, then she can enjoy some labor benefits. These include registration of extraordinary leave, since the period of rest offered to the husband is taken into account. At any time, a woman can take additional leave, the duration of which is 14 days.

Sometimes military spouses are faced with the fact that they cannot accumulate the required length of service to retire when they reach the appropriate age. This is usually due to the fact that due to constant moving, girls cannot find a permanent place of work, so they sit at home for a long time. Therefore, even pension benefits are offered. This applies to the rules for calculating length of service.

It includes the following periods:

• maternity leave for all children, but the total duration cannot exceed 4.5 years;
• periods of stay in the garrison, since it is very difficult for women to find work, but they must register with the employment center, and the total period cannot exceed 5 years;
• the time when the girl was registered at the labor exchange.

If a woman becomes a widow, she can count not only on a standard pension, but also on a special benefit associated with the loss of a breadwinner.

Reference! A double pension is offered only on the condition that the woman has not officially remarried.

It is also useful to read: Who is entitled to a pension for the loss of a breadwinner-military

Cash benefits

Since military women are rarely able to realize their capabilities and skills at work, they can count on different measures of material support.

These include:

• unemployment benefit, which is paid only after registration at the employment center, and you must apply to the department located at the place of residence of the family;
• if the spouse dies in the service, then compensation is allocated, the amount of which reaches 3 million rubles.

Important! Another significant benefit is the payment assigned for the loss of a breadwinner, and it is assigned only to widows who are single women, therefore, after re-registering their marriage, they lose the right to this material support.

Medical preferences

Military wives can count on free and high-quality medical care.

The main support measures include:

• the opportunity to receive assistance in military medical institutions and clinics on the basis of a standard policy;
• Some types of medicines are issued free of charge with a doctor's prescription by employees of state pharmacies;
• free spa treatment is offered if it is prescribed by the attending physician;
• free dental prosthetics are provided;
• If a woman goes to a sanatorium, she is paid compensation for expenses associated with travel to the place of treatment or rehabilitation.

The above compensations are awarded even to widows of military personnel.

Housing

Spouses of contract military personnel are offered some types of housing benefits.

These include:

• if a man dies, then the woman receives ownership of a comfortable and ready-to-live-in housing free of charge;
• before receiving the property, the opportunity to use a service apartment is offered;
• if a military man died while on duty, then housing repairs are carried out at the expense of the state budget;
• compensation for expenses related to payment for housing and communal services;
• if the spouse did not use the funds under the NIS during his lifetime, then they can be used by the widow.

Such preferences significantly simplify a woman’s living conditions.

Upon retirement

Practice shows that it is difficult for military spouses to find work while in garrison or when constantly moving. Therefore, often when they reach the age of a pensioner, they do not accumulate the required number of points and length of service.

Due to such specific features, being in military garrisons is equated to work activity, therefore the length of service increases and points are awarded. But for this you need to register yourself with the employment center. At the same time, the woman receives unemployment benefits.

The length of service includes periods of maternity leave, but for a maximum of 4.5 years.

State support for the wife of a retired military man

Considering that service in the ranks of the Russian Army is not only honorable, but also quite difficult, former military personnel transferred to the reserve due to reaching the age limit or disability are entitled to a number of benefits that apply to members of their family, in particular, wives.

That is, military spouses, along with their husbands, have the right to count on:

• improvement of living conditions;
• payment of part of the utilities;
• preferential pension provision;
• medical care, including sanatorium-resort treatment.

At the same time, in order to exercise their right to the specified preferences, the spouse of a serviceman can apply to the department of social protection , again with the provision of supporting documents about the husband’s service in the ranks of the Russian Army.

Support for wives of conscripts

Conscripts serve only one year, so women cannot count on significant assistance from the state. But for one year the family loses its breadwinner, so some benefits are offered. Based on Federal Law No. 81, the conscript’s wife receives a one-time maternity benefit in the amount of 26 thousand rubles, and it is added to other payments.

An allowance of 11 thousand rubles is allocated for the baby, but only for the period the father is in the service. To receive these payments, a woman must independently contact social security workers with documents confirming her status.

How to calculate length of service

When summing up the length of service, Federal Law No. 76 “On the status of military personnel” of May 27, 1998 is taken into account, which regulates the addition of the period of residence of wives with military personnel when fulfilling the terms of the contract to the total length of service based on two principles.

Namely:

• time before 1992 is considered total length of service, regardless of the employability of a military spouse;
• the period after 1992 requires confirmation of unemployed status when applying to employment authorities.

These annual ranges will be the length of service taken into account when calculating pension benefits.

If it is impossible to get a place in your specialty or the military camp does not have employment opportunities for women, you should register with the employment service. They will search for work and pay benefits.

The legislation stipulates that the total period of absence from mining activity will be 5 years. The total service life, which can exceed 10-20 years in the garrison territory, does not matter.

In addition, childcare time is added to the insurance period, the normative regulation of which is enshrined in the Law “On Insurance Pension”. For spouses of military personnel, this period includes child care for health reasons and raising children under the age of 1.5 years.

In the first option, you will need to present a medical certificate with a diagnosis and recommendations for mandatory care. For the second case, it should be taken into account that the total period of incapacity for work is limited to 6 years for the birth of several children.

Thus, when calculating the length of service for a serviceman’s wife, you can accurately take into account 5 years in the case of a long stay with her husband in a military zone and several years of child care. The maximum period is 11 years.

Benefits for widows

Wives of military personnel who died in service can count on various measures of assistance. Since they are left without a breadwinner, they are offered material and housing support.

This includes:

• receiving a double pension if the woman is already receiving an old-age pension;
• if a young girl is raising small children, then she is assigned a survivor's benefit, paid monthly, and it is issued even to working widows;
• if during the life of a serviceman he was in line to receive real estate, then the right to housing is not lost, and the area of ​​the apartment is not reduced;
• labor, medical and social benefits are offered, and compensation for housing and communal services is provided.

The widow of a serviceman must register on her own, for which the woman turns to representatives of the Pension Fund or Social Security with documents proving her status.

Reference! Therefore, an application is prepared in the form of the selected institution, a passport, a marriage certificate and a photo. A document from the military unit is required to prove that the man is represented by the military. If preferences are issued to widows, then a death certificate of the husband is required.

State support for widows of military personnel: what benefits do they retain in the absence of remarriage?

So, the previously existing benefits for the widow of a serviceman are, for the most part, retained. In addition, a number of privileges that her husband did not have time to take advantage of during his lifetime may apply to her after his death.

Each type of benefit is issued in a standard established manner, by contacting the applicant to the authorized body. When applying, the widow must write an application in the prescribed form, present a personal passport, and submit documents confirming her right to a specific benefit.

State assistance to widows of Chernobyl victims

• the length of time the husband was dependent on him, the time since his death, or his length of service are not taken into account;
• the amount of cash payments depends on the status of the liquidator;
• if a man died not due to an illness caused by exposure to radiation, his wife’s allowance is 125% of the social allowance - 5,404 rubles;
• wives of military personnel who died while eliminating the consequences of the disaster receive 200% of old-age benefits - 8,647 rubles.

• did not remarry and had no more children;
• lived together with the disaster liquidator in the same living space in a state house or privatized apartment;
• were married to a man suffering from radiation sickness after the Chernobyl accident;
• were wives of persons receiving disability benefits based on average earnings, a fixed amount of VZZ. Only the status of a disabled person established before 02/12/2001 is taken into account;
• are widows of men who died due to liquidation of the consequences of the Chernobyl accident;
• were disabled and dependent on their husbands.

Rules and example of calculating the amount of benefit

After reaching retirement age, a woman can contact the local branch of the Pension Fund with an application and attach all documents. You can calculate approximately your future pension benefit in advance.

Any pension consists of two parts - a standard fixed amount, which this year is equal to 5334 rubles 19 kopecks and an individual pension coefficient. It is calculated using a special formula, the rules for its calculation are enshrined in the law “On Insurance Pensions”.

In addition, it is possible to increase the fixed amount if the spouse’s service, the period of which is included in the length of service, or the woman’s labor activity took place in the Far North or other regions with difficult climatic conditions. Special allowances are also given to those who have reached the age of 80.

Regional legislation can also make certain payments to the pensions of their residents, including wives of military personnel.

Example

Let's try to calculate the approximate size of future payments under the following conditions:

• One pension coefficient point in 2020 is equal to 87.24 rubles.
• Fixed payment – ​​5334 rubles 19 kopecks.
• Taking into account all the benefits provided to a woman by law, the sum of her points will be equal to 30 (this also includes the time of caring for two children).
• Accordingly, we can calculate the size of the insurance part: 87.24 * 30 = 2617.2 rubles.
• Now you can find out the total pension amount: 2617.2 + 5334.19 = 7951.39 rubles.

The pension can be increased due to regional payments or with special coefficients.

Sometimes pension benefits are recalculated due to an increase in length of service if, after receiving a pension, a woman continues to work; in the event of the death of her husband, if the woman chooses his pension provision as the main one; with disability or after 80 years.

Social benefits for military personnel and their families

If a conscripted soldier ends up in a hospital in serious condition, his mother or spouse has the right, at the expense of the federal budget, to come to the hospital from their locality.

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Benefits for wives of military personnel upon retirement

Wives of military personnel are a special category of citizens who play the role of a reliable rear for their husbands and experience, along with them, all the hardships and deprivations of military service. Wives of military personnel are regarded in the Armed Forces as a regular unit if they are employed in a military unit. What benefits are they entitled to upon retirement?

When applying for government jobs, military wives have an advantage over other categories of citizens. If the military unit is located within the city, then the wives have the opportunity to get a job in a government agency. To do this, when applying for a job, she must present a document confirming that she is the wife of a career military man.

State support for widows of retired military personnel: benefits for housing and communal services and medical services

If the experience is mixed, then 12.5 years should be given to the army, with a total experience of 25 years. You need to have time to work all the required years until you are 45 years old, that is, before the onset of your military pension. When leaving the army for a number of reasons before the expiration of the required period, a social benefit is assigned.

A widow whose husband died in the service, if she wants to move to another region, can transport her belongings for free in a container weighing 20 tons by rail. In addition, she can travel by any means of transport to the place where her husband is buried, and the ticket will be free for her.