Act Governing Retirement, Severance, and Bereavement Compensation Under the Individual Account System for the Teaching and Other Staff of Public Educational Institutions Article 45

One half of the bereavement compensation for a staff member's survivors shall be distributed to their spouse if that person has not remarried, and the remaining amount shall be equally divided among all their other survivors in the following order of entitlement:1. Children.2. Parents.3. Grandparents.4. Siblings.If a deceased staff member has no survivors in the categories specified in Subparagraph 1 to Subparagraph 3 of the preceding paragraph, their bereavement compensation shall be distributed solely to their spouse who has not remarried, and the provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply. If they had no spouse or if the spouse has remarried, the bereavement compensation to be paid shall be distributed to the survivors listed in the subparagraphs of the preceding paragraph in the order of entitlement listed. If there are multiple survivors in the same category, the bereavement compensation will be distributed in equal shares among the eligible survivors at that level entitlement with a right to receive a share.If any of the survivors at the same level of entitlement dies or waives their right to receive bereavement compensation, or if that right is extinguished or terminated on statutory grounds, their share of the bereavement compensation shall be redistributed among the remainder of the survivors in the same category in accordance with the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs. If there are no survivors If there are no survivors in the first category of entitlement, the survivor benefit shall be distributed among the survivors in the next category, in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.If there are multiple survivors who have a right to receive a share of the bereavement compensation referred to in the preceding three paragraphs the preceding three paragraphs, when survivors at the same level of entitlement make such a claim, they may delegate one person among themselves who has legal capacity to make the application on behalf of them all. If a survivor does not have legal capacity to act, or has limited legal capacity to act, or is subject to an assistance order, their statutory representative or assistant shall make the application on their behalf.If the whereabouts of any survivors of a deceased staff member are unknown, or if the survivors are unable to reach agreement to make a joint claim in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the other survivors may lodge separate claims for a proportion of the bereavement compensation based on the number of persons with a right to receive such compensation.