Company pension scheme

(and other topics related to the transition from employment to retirement).

The pension is safe? With a view to the statutory pension system, this is certainly no longer true for all future generations.

Not least against this background, the company pension scheme (bAV) represents an important component of financial security in retirement for employees. Across all age groups, and usually by a wide margin, occupational pensions are cited as the most popular social benefit. This popularity makes it a key benefit for employers in the context of recruiting and employee retention. In particular, it can be integrated into the company's other compensation and reward system and can be used to create and strengthen HR incentives.

Opportunities and risks of the bAV

In addition to many opportunities, the occupational pension system also offers risks that need to be assessed and avoided from the outset.

For example, anyone who buys a company often underestimates the liabilities of the occupational pension system; they can entail considerable adjustment effort and extensive financial burdens. Changing and optimizing existing systems also plays a major role, especially against the backdrop of the low-interest phase, as external conditions can put a lasting strain on companies' financial leeway. It is also important to keep adapting existing and, in many cases, very old occupational pension systems to the current framework conditions and applicable law in order to avoid, for example, lawsuits by employees on the grounds of discrimination. Last but not least, it may be necessary for employers to protect themselves against unjustified claims and, if necessary, to defend themselves in court.

Our services

As independent consultants with many years of experience, our consulting services in this area include:

Comprehensive advice on the introduction, modification or termination of pension systems
Planning and evaluation of suitable pension systems
Creation of pension schemes
Integration of bAV into existing benefit systems
Harmonization of different pension commitments
Transfer of pension commitments

Analysis of existing pension obligations

Evaluation of risks and opportunities
Due diligence
Development of options for optimizing pension systems
Documentation of the bAV

Process management

In particular, also experience in the management of mass proceedings
Many years of experience in disputes involving all individual issues of occupational pension schemes
Advice in dealing with pension providers

Experience in involving the relevant stakeholders in the context of occupational pension schemes

Works councils
Pension providers
Insurance companies, pension funds, relief funds
Tax consultants, actuaries, pension providers, insurance brokers, etc.
Supervisory authorities

Management training

Advice on further benefits