A Q&A guide to pensions law in Germany
Pension schemes in Germany? Regulation of pension schemes? What sounds difficult and hard to understand has been compiled by our German member firm ALTENBURG Fachanwälte für Arbeitsrecht‘s partners Dr. Charlotte Beck and Dr. Manteo Heikki Eisenlohr into a helpful Q&A guide to pensions law in Germany, which can be consulted here.
The Q&A gives a high-level overview of the regulation of national government pensions and supplementary pensions.
On national government pensions, it covers employer/employee contributions; national government pension age and monthly amount; and the public pensions body.
On supplementary pensions, it covers the provision of supplementary schemes; the requirements to receive vested rights and disclosure/indexing/revaluation requirements; funding and solvency requirements; pension plan investment; member transfers; the regulatory body; applicable tax reliefs on contributions and approval/registration requirements; and the tax treatment of scheme investments and payments to members.
Legal protection of employees’ pension rights on a business transfer, together with participation in pension schemes, employer insolvency protection and overall scheme solvency, are also included.
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