Glossary Entry per letter - R

Is awarded to eligible family members of a person who - on the day of death - held the established entitlement to an old-age pension or disability pension or met the requirements for award of one of these benefits. When the right to the survivors' pension is established, it is assumed that the deceased person was completely incapable of work.

The survivors' pension is also awarded to eligible family members of a person who - on the day of death - was a recipient of the pre-retirement benefit, the pre-retirement allowance or teachers' compensatory allowance. In such case it is assumed that the deceased person has satisfied the conditions to be awarded the pension in respect of complete incapacity for work.