Departure

You must deregister employees from the occupational benefits plan with us when

• the employment relationship ends;

• the annual salary falls below the entry threshold in accordance with the occupational benefits plan; or

• early retirement is being taken.

How departure works

You can easily report the departure in the online portal. As soon as we have received the notification, we will contact the person departing the company to clarify the details for the transfer of their vested benefits. We will send your employee the “Details for the transfer of the vested benefits” form, which clearly lists all the available options.

In the case of early retirement, please report the retirement via the portal. We will then send the member all the documents they need to sort out their upcoming retirement.

How departure works in the event of an inability to work

Waiting period: If your employee is ill or injured and can no longer work, the pension fund will take over the contributions after a certain period of time (this is generally referred to as exemption from contributions). The period before the pension fund takes over contributions is called the waiting period. The waiting period is defined in the occupational benefits plan.

If an employee is unable to work for an extended period of time and has exceeded the waiting period, please inform us before their departure. Please send us the “Notification of inability to work” form along with the necessary documents.

NB In order for us to check and assume the exemption from contributions, the notification of inability to work must reach us before the departure.

We’re here to help

• Call us: direct line for your contact person shown in the online portal or +41 58 585 33 00

• E-mail us: service@gemini.ch