SERVUS
the Newsletter

– Outlook: The Coalition parties’ plans for pension insurance and occupational pension schemes

– The gender pay gap, equal pay and new regulations on transparency

– Effects of the Transparency Directive on occupational pension schemes

– Company occupational health insurance: a future-oriented benefit with tax-free advantages

– Significance of the policyholder status of a direct insurance policy

– Party Platforms on Occupational Pensions
– Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs Study on Retirement Planning
– Increase in the Maximum Actuarial Interest Rate in the Insurance Industry
– Recommendations for Implementing the Statutory Employer Contribution to Salary Conversion in Occupational Pension Schemes
– Expansion of Maternity Protection
– Rising Contribution Rates in Long-Term Care Insurance
– Social Security Registration for Employers in Germany: A Quick Guide
– Mandatory Workplace Postings: Background, Updates, and Implementation Background

– Simplifications in the Evidence Act
– Significant increase in income thresholds for social security contributions in 2025
– Pension Protection Association’s contribution rate for 2025
– Impact of the coalition’s end on occupational pensions, statutory pensions, and private retirement provision
– 2024 Health Report by Techniker Krankenkasse: Key findings and recommendations for employers
– News from Profion

In today’s employee-driven market, companies must go beyond traditional benefits, offering flexibility, family-friendly policies, and health promotion to stay competitive in today’s workforce. German labor law supports tax-advantaged perks that enhance employee well-being and satisfaction.

-Decrease in workplace accidents

-Development of the basic pension supplement introduced in 2021

-Pension Security Association (PSVaG): Increase in insolvencies

-Reform of the Occupational Pensions Strengthening Act

-Jurisprudence I: Continued employment while receiving a pension

-Jurisprudence II: Contribution obligation in statutory health insurance for direct insurance taken over by the employee

-Fringe Benefit “Family Service” – Support for Employees in Special Life Situations

From HR Practice: Handling the New Funding Limits for Capital-Forming Benefits

-Increase in statutory pensions as of 01.07.2024

-Pension package II

-Flexible retirement models due to the abolition of supplementary income limits

-Case law: The Federal Fiscal Court (Bundesfinanzhof, BFH) judgement on the one-fifth rule

-Levels on the Rhine rising steadily

-Generation Z’s preferences in fringe benefits: Looking at current trends

-Expiry and limitation of statutory holiday entitlement

Right to Disconnect – The right to switch off

-Current developments in the statutory pension insurance

-Case law: Part-time employment and company pension schemes

-Under the magnifying glass: Work-life-love balance

-Mobility budget – the future of employee mobility

-From HR practice: the A1 certificate

-Parental allowance limit decided

-Reform of statutory pension insurance: Generation capital on the brink of extinction

-Case law I: Termination of employment as a prerequisite for disability pension

-Test he who bindeth himself forever – keep your eyes open when buying a company

-Case law II: Sick leave after termination of employment

-Parental allowance: income limit to fall only gradually

-EU Whistleblowing Directive

-On our own behalf

-Calculation parameters of social security contributions in 2024

-Reform recommendations of the focus group on private pensions

-Consideration of sustainability preferences in insurance investment products

-sv.net – what is it and what will change in 2024?