Act Governing Retirement, Severance, and Bereavement Compensation Under the Individual Account System for the Teaching and Other Staff of Public Educational Institutions Article 38

If a currently employed staff member dies, their survivors or the employing the educational institution may apply for bereavement compensation.If a staff member dies during a period of disciplinary suspension, suspension from duties, provisional removal from their appointment, or while on unpaid leave, unless the unpaid leave period was a period of secondment to a civil servant position graded and assigned in accordance with legislation, their survivors or employing educational institution may apply for bereavement compensation in accordance with the provisions of this Act. The same applies in the case of a teacher who was seconded on unpaid leave in accordance with regulations and had not yet returned to their original position and had their salary reinstated before they turned 65, who dies within 10 years from the day they turned 65.