Act Governing Retirement, Severance, and Bereavement Compensation for the Teaching and Other Staff Members of Public Schools Article 60

In the case of a staff member who dies after having been employed for 15 years, and who made a will before death, if no claim is made for bereavement compensation under Article 54, paragraph 2, subparagraph 2, lump-sum bereavement compensation may instead be taken, and shall be paid according to the standard for lump-sum pension payment. The same shall apply if such a staff member did not make a will and his or her survivors do not claim compensation under Article 54, paragraph 2, subparagraph 2.If a staff member dies from an occupational cause, or dies by illness or accident after having been employed for 15 years, and his or her only survivors are grandparents or siblings, the payment shall be changed instead to lump-sum bereavement compensation paid according to the standard for lump-sum pension payment.If a survivor of the deceased staff member claims bereavement compensation in the manner described in paragraph 1, the additional lump-sum bereavement compensation that shall be paid in accordance with Article 57 shall still be calculated and paid according to the standard set out in Article 54, paragraph 2, subparagraph 2, item 2.