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death in service - married vs single

  • 04-08-2016 8:36pm
    #1
    Orobhsa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 297 ✭✭


    Employer offers death in service benefit.

    Upon the death of a married employee their estate will receive four times pensionable salary,

    in the case of a single employee their estate will receive two times pensionable salary.

    Legal to differentiate like this?


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  • #2
    davo10
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,926 ✭✭✭davo10


    Orobhsa wrote: »
    Employer offers death in service benefit.

    Upon the death of a married employee their estate will receive four times pensionable salary,

    in the case of a single employee their estate will receive two times pensionable salary.

    Legal to differentiate like this?

    I would that thought that any payment is over and above the employers obligation, it is therefore discretionary.


  • #3
    traprunner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭traprunner


    It's an insurance policy rather than the employer paying it. Although they are probably paying for the insurance policy. I presume it's legal since it's quite common to differentiate. IT would have been challenged by now if it wasn't.


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