INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT SOCIETIES, GENEVA
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
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4.5 Post-employment defined benefit liability, net
(a) Post-employment benefit plans
Post-employment benefit plans are formal or informal arrangements under which an entity provides post-employment
benefits for one or more employees.
Defined contribution plans are post-employment benefit plans under which an entity pays fixed contributions into a separate
entity (a fund) and will have no legal or constructive obligation to pay further contributions if the fund does not hold sufficient
assets to pay all employee benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods.
Defined benefit plans are post-employment benefit plans other than defined contribution plans.
Pension Fund
The IFRC has a Base Pension Plan and a Supplemental Pension Plan (the Pension Plans), covering its expatriate field staff
and all headquarters staff.
Pension obligations are covered by an independent fund which is held in a single, separate legal entity. The Pension Fund of
the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (hereafter “the Pension Fund”) is a foundation, as
defined in articles 80 to 89a of the Swiss Civil Code (Swiss law). The Pension Fund is registered with the Swiss supervisory
authority in the Canton of Geneva and the Swiss pension guarantee fund. As such, it must comply with the compulsory
insurance requirements established by the Swiss Federal law on Occupational Retirement, Survivors and Disability Pension
Funds (LPP to use the French acronym) and its activities are overseen by both the Geneva Cantonal and the Swiss Federal
pension oversight authorities.
The Pension Fund Governing Board is responsible for the Fund’s management. It comprises three representatives appointed
by the IFRC, three representatives elected by the Pension Fund’s participants and two supplemental members.
The Pension Plans are funded defined benefit plans which provide retirement benefits based on a participant’s accumulated
account balance and also provide benefits on death, disability and termination. Subject to certain conditions, members of the
Pension Plans are also eligible to receive contributions to the cost of health insurance during retirement. The Pension Plans
are fully funded through contributions, as determined by periodic actuarial calculations, in accordance with Swiss law.
According to the Pension Plans’ rules, the IFRC must make contributions to the Pension Plans of 16% of contributory salary
for the Base Pension Plan and 5% of contributory salary for the Supplemental Pension Plan, for each covered participant. If
the Pension Plans are underfunded according to Swiss Law, the Pension Fund Governing Board decides remedial measures
that will allow the coverage ratio to get back to 100% within an appropriate time frame – typically five to seven years. The
remedial measures may include asking the IFRC to make additional contributions. Whilst it is possible that the IFRC makes
contributions in excess of the amounts specified in the Pension Plans’ rules, the IFRC usually only makes contributions as
per the Pension Plans’ rules and the IFRC does not anticipate making additional contributions within the foreseeable future.
As explained above, pension benefits due, and funding requirements, are calculated and paid in accordance with Swiss law.
According to the latest actuarial calculations, in accordance with Swiss law, the pension obligations were more than 113.2%
funded at 31 December 2022 and 125.7% funded at 31 December 2021. The difference in the funding position shown in the
Consolidated Statement of Financial Position and the funding position according to Swiss law, arises due to the use of
different actuarial valuation models to estimate the likely pension liabilities. Under Swiss law, although the Pension Fund
Board may ask the IFRC, as employer, to make additional contributions in the event of under-funding, primary responsibility
for ensuring that the independent Pension Fund’s assets are sufficient to meet pension obligations as they fall due, rests with
the Pension Fund Board, without legal recourse to the IFRC to improve the underfunding situation. Accordingly, pursuant to
Swiss law, the IFRC had no further financial obligations to the independent Pension Fund’s foundation at either 31 December
2022 or 31 December 2021.
With a diversified investment portfolio, full funding according to the requirements of Swiss law, and no legal recourse to the
IFRC in the event of under-funding, management considers that the Pension Fund does not expose the IFRC to any unusual,
specific or significant concentrations of risk.
Retirees’ health insurance
Depending upon service at retirement and subject to having both worked a minimum of five years and taken an annuity upon
retirement, retirees receiving a pension from either the Base Pension Plan and/or the Supplemental Plan receive a contribution
towards the cost of health insurance.
Whilst the IFRC is under no legal obligation to make these contributions towards the cost of retirees’ health insurance, the
IFRC currently plans to continue making them for the foreseeable future. As contributions are fixed at flat rates with no
obligations to change the amounts, the arrangement does not expose the IFRC to any unusual, specific or significant
concentrations of risk.
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