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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3.1 Operating expenditure (continued)
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 89 “bis” 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 Fund is funded as determined by periodic actuarial calculations in
accordance with the Swiss law.
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 contributions
towards the cost of retirees’ health insurance, the IFRC currently plans to continue making these contributions 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.
Non-Swiss long-term termination benefits
In certain legal jurisdictions, outside Switzerland, 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 considers such benefits as post-employment benefits. Hereafter, these benefits are referred to as non-Swiss post-
employment benefits.
Further details of the IFRC’s defined benefit pension plans, the retirees’ health insurance and non-Swiss long-term post-
employment benefits can be found in note 4.5.
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