Funeral and death grant is paid to the survivors of deceased insured in order to cover the expenses related to the funeral and burial of the insured where his/her family handle this matter. This grant is paid to the survivors of compulsory and voluntary insured persons besides the survivors of the retired, permanent disabled and pensioners of unemployment insurance as one of the protective benefits of social security organization. Continuous insurance relationship including contribution payment prior to death is the major condition of paying funeral and death grant to the eligible survivors of the deceased person. Therefore, the insured who has disconnected his/her insurance relationship with social security organization prior to death, is not eligible to receive this grant. The insured persons who temporarily had no working relationship with the employer due to sickness or maternity leave prior to death, are eligible to receive the funeral and death grant.
It is worthy of mention that from the date 10th February 2008, in order to give more assistance, in the event of death of the insured's spouse, the funeral and death grant is payable to the insured person.
The amount of funeral and death grant for the entitled persons whose date of death is later than 10th February 2008, is equal to the minimum monthly wage of the year of death. Meanwhile, of the entitled persons whose date of death is prior to the aforementioned date, the amount of funeral and death grant is calculated in terms of the date of death and population of the city of burial.
