Supervision of the safeguarding of the employer's direct supplementary pension scheme
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In a direct supplementary pension scheme, the employer is responsible for the payment and administration of the supplementary pension promised to the employee. The employer is obliged to safeguard half of the direct supplementary pension, in case of bankruptcy and corporate restructuring.
The employer must provide the employee or other beneficiary with a written report on the amount of the pensio ...
Do the following
Send the written enforcement request to the Occupational Safety and Health Division of the Regional State Administrative Agency for Southwestern Finland. For more information on the supervision of the direct supplementary pension scheme, visit the Tyosuojelu.fi online service.
To whom and on what terms
The right of information applies only to supplementary pension schemes in which the employer is directly responsible for the payment of the supplementary pension benefit. In addition, the supplementary pension must be paid only after the employee's personal retirement age.
The employee may submit an enforcement request to the Division of Occupational Safety and Health of the Regional State Administrative Agency for Southwestern Finland if they do not receive information on the safeguarding of their supplementary pension, within four months after the end of the employer's financial year. The enforcement request can also be made if the employee suspects, after receiving the report, that the employer has not safeguarded the supplementary pension scheme as required by law.