How to apply for compensation of funeral costs

What is compensation of funeral costs?

Compensation of funeral costs is a benefit provided under your employer’s accident insurance to cover funeral costs.

Am I entitled to compensation of funeral costs?

Entitlement to compensation of funeral costs arises for a person who has paid funeral costs for a person who died as a result of an accident at work or an occupational disease.

The following persons are entitled to compensation of expenses for mourning clothing and compensation of travel expenses for travel from their home to the place of the funeral and back:

  • a dependent child of the deceased; and
  • a person who lived in the same household with the deceased at the date of death.

What do funeral costs include?

The following, in particular, are considered as funeral costs:

  • costs charged by the funeral service providing services connected with the funeral arrangements;
  • costs of cremation if they are not part of the costs charged by the funeral service;
  • cemetery charges;
  • costs of creating a memorial or tombstone;
  • costs of modifying a grave.

A person who shared a household with the deceased at the time of their death and a dependent child of the deceased are entitled to the following compensation:

  • one third of the expenses incurred for mourning clothing, up to a maximum of EUR 99.60 for each person and dependent child;
  • the travel expenses incurred for their transport from the place of their home to the place of the funeral and back.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

Compensation of funeral expenses may only be claimed in the event of death as a result of an accident at work or an occupational disease.

How do I apply for compensation of funeral costs?

You may claim the entitlement by submitting an Application for Awarding Compensation of Funeral Costs (SK) to a Social Insurance Agency branch.

For more information, see the ACCIDENT INSURANCE – COMPENSATION OF FUNERAL COSTS (SK) section.