Is the Husband Entitled to Funeral Allowance When the Wife Dies?

Article 66 of the 2014 Social Insurance Law stipulates funeral allowances as follows:

1. The following individuals, upon death, will have funeral expenses provided to the person responsible for arranging the funeral:

   a) Employees specified in Clause 1 Article 2 of this Law who are currently paying social insurance, or employees preserving their social insurance payment period with a continuous payment period of 12 months or more;

   b) Employees who die due to occupational accidents, occupational diseases, or die during treatment due to occupational accidents, occupational diseases;

   c) Individuals currently receiving pensions; receiving monthly occupational accident, occupational disease allowances who have stopped working.

2. The funeral allowance is 10 times the statutory pay rate at the month in which the person specified in Clause 1 of this Article dies.

3. In the event that the individual specified in Clause 1 of this Article is declared dead by the Court, the relatives are entitled to the funeral allowance as stipulated in Clause 2 of this Article.

Thus, since your wife is receiving a pension, upon her passing, you will receive a funeral allowance equal to 10 times the statutory pay rate at the month of her death. Regarding the monthly survivor benefit, as stipulated in Article 67 of the 2014 Social Insurance Law, you are eligible to receive it when you reach the age of 60 or older, or under 60 if you have a reduction in working capacity of 81% or more.

Respectfully!