Shanghai workers can't get paid until several months after they die.

Shanghai workers are paid 20 months after their death.

Retired workers in Shanghai who die of illness or non-work-related death can receive 20 months' basic salary and enjoy funeral subsidies paid by the pension insurance pooling fund. The standard of funeral subsidy is the average monthly salary of employees in the last year of the city for 6 months, and the one-time relief fee for supporting immediate family members is determined according to the basic pension of the month before his death.

Funeral allowance standard:

1. Retirees who died due to illness or non-work shall be given a one-time relief fund to support their immediate family members. The base of the aid is determined according to the monthly basic pension before my death. If you support 1 immediate family members, the assistance will be the basic pension of the retiree for six months before his death. Support two immediate family members for 9 months; 12 months if he supports three or more immediate family members;

2, retirees died of illness or not on business, funeral subsidies for 2 months last year, the average monthly salary of workers in this city;

3, where according to the provisions of the "Interim Measures for Social Insurance in Small Towns in Shanghai" to receive a monthly pension for death, the immediate family members' living relief funds and funeral subsidies payment standards shall be implemented in accordance with the provisions of this notice;

4, who participated in the city's urban old-age insurance, the expenses in the urban old-age insurance fund; Who participated in the social insurance of small towns in this city, the required expenses shall be paid in the social insurance pension fund of small towns; Other units are paid by the original capital channel;

5. This notice shall be implemented as of July 1 2004, and the Notice of Shanghai Social Insurance Administration on Adjusting the Base of Pension and Relief Fees and Funeral Subsidies for Supporting Immediate Family Members after the Death of Enterprise Retirees in this Municipality shall be abolished at the same time.

To sum up, the pension is uniformly distributed by the endowment insurance fund, and the items distributed are funeral subsidies and one-time relief and hardship subsidies for supporting immediate family members. In addition, according to the situation in Shanghai, Shanghai has also increased subsidies for the elderly who are lonely.

Legal basis:

Article 17 of the Social Insurance Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)

If an individual who participates in the basic old-age insurance dies due to illness or non-work, his survivors can receive funeral grants and pensions; Persons who have completely lost their ability to work due to illness or non-work-related disability before reaching the statutory retirement age can receive disability allowance. The required funds are paid from the basic old-age insurance fund.