Work disability benefits - Death grant

If the recipient of a work disability pension dies at retirement age, or the degree of his disability was 50% or more, a lump-sum grant is paid to his spouse, and if there is no spouse, the grant is paid to his child, provided that the child meets the definition of a child under the National Insurance Law.

The son or daughter of an insured person (including foster child, adopted child and grandchild supported entirely by the insured person, except for a married child) who meets one of the following conditions: *up to age 18; *if completing his studies at a post-elementary educational institution or studying in a framework to complete matriculation exams, or having a learning disability and studying in a framework recognized by the NII– up to age 20; *if in a pre-army IDF framework – up to age 20;* if a volunteer in a framework of public service for up to 12 months and his army service is deferred due to this volunteering – up to age 21; *if serving compulsory service in the IDF – up to age 24; *if serving in the voluntary National Service – up to age 24;*if studying in an "atuda" framework and deferring army service due to studies – up to age 24.

The death grant is NIS 8,475 (as of 01.01.2012) .

A death grant is also paid to a person who bore most of the expenses for the gravestones after the death of both spouses within a short time of one another, and if all the following conditions are met (in this case, a claim must be submitted for a death grant):

1.   The spouse is entitled to a death grant by virtue of the deceased's entitlement.
2.   The spouse of the deceased died within 100 days of his spouse's death and no death grant was paid.
3.   The deceased has no child as defined by the National Insurance Law.
4.   The deceased died on or after January 1, 2003.

The son or daughter of an insured person (including foster child, adopted child and grandchild supported entirely by the insured person, except for a married child) who meets one of the following conditions: *up to age 18; *if completing his studies at a post-elementary educational institution or studying in a framework to complete matriculation exams, or having a learning disability and studying in a framework recognized by the NII– up to age 20; *if in a pre-army IDF framework – up to age 20;* if a volunteer in a framework of public service for up to 12 months and his army service is deferred due to this volunteering – up to age 21; *if serving compulsory service in the IDF – up to age 24; *if serving in the voluntary National Service – up to age 24;*if studying in an "atuda" framework and deferring army service due to studies – up to age 24.