Kanton Glarus

Circle of Beneficiaries

1 Entitlement to benefits in accordance with the following provisions is held

by the Government Councillors, the Presidents of the High Court, Criminal Court, Civil Court and Inspection Court, as well as the Public Prosecutor.

Claim to Retirement Pension or Invalidity Pension

1 Anyone who has held an office as defined in Article 1 for at least eight full

years is entitled to a retirement pension. Eligibility begins upon leaving

office. If, at that time, the age of 60 has not yet been reached, eligibility

shall be deferred until that date.

2 If resignation occurs due to invalidity, there shall be a claim to an invalidity

pension from the first year of office, commencing from the time of leaving

office.

3 The claim to a retirement pension or an invalidity pension shall lapse upon

death.

### Amount of Retirement Pension or Disability Pension

1 Retirement and disability pensions are based on the last statutory salary received, including cost-of-living allowances. Other compensation, allowances, or daily allowances are not taken into account. However, the salary relevant for the calculation of benefits shall not exceed the respective maximum insured salary of the Civil Servants' Insurance Fund.

2 The retirement pension from the eighth year in office amounts to 48 percent of the salary and increases by 3 percent with each additional full year in office, reaching a maximum of 60 percent after twelve years of service.

3 In the event of retirement in the first year in office, the disability pension amounts to 34 percent of the salary, increases by 2 percent with each full year in office, reaches 48 percent upon completion of the eighth year in office, and is then equal to the retirement pension.

4 Retirement pensions and disability pensions shall be adjusted to the cost-of-living index to the same extent as the pensions of the Civil Servants' and Teachers' Insurance Fund.

Survivors' Pension for Widows and Children

1 If a person entitled to benefits under Article 1 dies, his widow shall be entitled, from that date and for the duration of her widowhood, to a pension of 60 percent of the retirement pension or invalidity pension. The children of the deceased beneficiary shall receive an orphan's pension of 20 percent each, and if they are full orphans, 30 percent each, of the retirement pension or invalidity pension.

2 The following shall be used as a basis

a. in the event of the death of an incumbent beneficiary, the pension which he could have claimed if he had retired due to invalidity on the day of his death (Art. 2 para. 2);

b. in the event of the death of a beneficiary who has retired from office, the benefits most recently received by him or the retirement pension to which he would have been entitled after reaching the age of 60 (Art. 2 para. 1 last sentence).

3 Children are entitled to benefits until they have reached the age of 20 and, if they are in education and have no income of their own, or are unable to earn their living due to mental or physical infirmities, until they have reached the age of 25.

4 The combined pensions for the widow and children may not exceed 100 percent of the benefits according to paragraph 2 letter a or b, respectively.

Financing

1 Incumbent beneficiaries according to Article 1 shall pay an annual premium of 6 percent of the salary creditable under Article 3 paragraph 1; the Canton shall pay a premium of 12 percent. These premiums shall accrue to the State Treasury, which shall maintain a separate account for them.

2 Should this premium account be insufficient to cover the payment of due benefits, further expenses shall be charged to the income statement. The necessary appropriations shall be included in the budget each time.

3 If, upon leaving office, there is no entitlement to benefits under this ordinance, the personally paid premiums shall be refunded; furthermore, the Canton shall pay a one-time severance amount equivalent to one month's salary per year in office.

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Concurrence of Several Offices; Membership in the Civil Servants' and Teachers' Insurance Fund; Reduction of Benefits

1 If an eligible person has held various offices according to Article 1, retirement pay and invalidity pension shall be determined based on the average of the relevant salaries, calculated at the rates applicable at the time of departure from the last office.

2 If an office holder, who was affiliated with the Civil Servants' or Teachers' Insurance Fund up to the time of their election, can remain an insured member there, the Canton shall pay the corresponding insurance fund the premiums provided for in Article 5 for the respective office. In this case, there shall be no entitlement to benefits under this law.

3 If the authority member, their widow, or their children simultaneously have a claim to pensions from the accident insurance concluded by the Canton for authority members and state employees, the benefits under this law shall be reduced accordingly.

Coming into Force

1 This Ordinance comes into force on July 1, 1972.

2 Years of service prior to the coming into force of this Ordinance shall be credited towards the calculation of benefits.

* **Scope**

1. This Ordinance applies to all members of authorities mentioned in Article 1 who were in office at the Landsgemeinde 1987.

2. For members of authorities who were not yet in office at the Landsgemeinde 1987, old-age provision shall be governed by a new regulation to be enacted by the Cantonal Council no later than 1989.

3. For the full-time Administrative Court President newly elected at the Landsgemeinde 1987, as well as for members of authorities who may be newly elected by the end of 1989, a transitional solution shall be decided upon as soon as possible.

Repeal and Reservation of Existing Law

1. Upon the coming into force of this Ordinance, the Act of May 7, 1967, concerning the old-age provision for Government Councillors, Court Presidents, and the Public Prosecutor, is hereby repealed.

2. Benefits already granted under this Act shall remain in effect and shall continue to be governed by the old law.

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Enforcement

**1** The Government Council is entrusted with the enforcement.