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The initiative “Pour mieux vivre à la retraite” (popular initiative for a 13th AHV pension) calls for an amendment to the Federal Constitution: recipients of an old-age pension should be entitled to an annual supplement equivalent to a 13th monthly pension.

A cantonal court has ordered an unemployment insurance fund to recalculate compensation for short-time working, taking into account compensation for vacations and public holidays. What does this mean for companies?

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To finance paternity leave, the APG contribution rate will rise from 0.45% to 0.5% from January 1, 2021.

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From January 1, 2021, AHV/IV pensions will be adjusted in line with wage and price trends. At the same time, adjustments have been made to contributions.

The number of infections is stagnating at a very high level, and new, more contagious variants of the virus pose the threat of a rapid rise. In order to prevent the spread of the new variants, the Federal Council is making every effort to sharply reduce contact through new measures.

This press release from the European Court of Human Rights caught our attention; it concerns the withdrawal of a widower’s pension when his last child came of age, on the grounds that he had violated the Convention.

Since November 12, employers have been able to pay the employee’s share of occupational pension contributions from the employer’s LOB contribution reserve.

On January 1, 2021, a new reform of supplementary benefits (PC) will come into force. This social insurance scheme provides assistance when OASI or DI pensions are insufficient to ensure a minimum standard of living.