INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT SOCIETIES, GENEVA NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 Page 43
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4.5 Post-employment defined benefit liability, net (continued) Non-Swiss post-employment benefits In certain legal jurisdictions, the IFRC has obligations to calculate and pay termination benefits in accordance with the
requirements of local law, regardless of the reason for an employee’s departure. IAS 19 Employee benefits requires that such
long-term termination benefits are accounted for as post-employment benefits. Other social benefits paid to staff employed
locally by the IFRC’s delegations are recognised on an accurals basis in these financial statements.
(b) Amounts in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position For the purposes of these consolidated financial statements, in accordance with the requirements of IAS 19:
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both plans that comprise the Pension Fund are considered and accounted for as a single defined benefit plan;
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contributions to the cost of retirees’ health insurance are accounted for as a separate defined benefit plan;
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the costs of meeting post-employment benefits in certain non-Swiss jurisdictions are calculated as individual
separate defined benefit plans and combined for disclosure purposes.
The amount recognised in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position in respect of the defined benefit pension plans is
the present value of the defined benefit obligations at the period end date less the fair value of the pension plans’ assets. The
retirees’ health insurance scheme and the non-Swiss post-employment benefits are unfunded and, as such, do not have any
plan assets.
The defined benefit obligations, for all three of the above mentioned arrangements, are calculated by independent actuaries
using the projected unit credit method. The present value of the defined benefit obligations is determined by discounting the
estimated future cash outflows. For the pension plans and the retirees’ health insurance contributions the discount rate is
established with reference to interest rates on high quality corporate bonds that have terms to maturity approximating to the
terms of the related post-employment benefit liabilities, and are denominated in Swiss Francs, the currency in which the
benefits will be paid. The discount rates applied in measuring the present value of non-Swiss post-employment benefit
obligations are rates applicable to the currencies of the cash outflows; where there is no deep market for high quality corporate
bonds government bond rates have been used.
In determining the present value of the Pension Fund defined benefit obligations and the service cost for the related pension
plans, the IFRC attributes benefit to periods of service on a straight-line basis to decrement, eg retirement, death or disability.
For the retirees’ health insurance scheme, benefit is attributed on a straight-line basis over 15 years, representing the period
of service after which no further material amount of benefits is earned by employees. According to the terms of the
arrangements, non-Swiss post-employment benefits are attributed over periods based upon accrued leave days, the benefit
calculation formula or pro rated service according the the benefit calculation formula and available information.
The amounts recognised in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position are determined as follows: