Ordinance on the Compensation of Part-time Authorities and Officials
Statutory Text (2 Provisions)
1. Members of the Government Council who leave office are entitled to a pension benefit (retirement, disability, widow's, and orphan's pension) based on the pensionable salary, where incomplete years are fully counted. All years previously served by the members of the Government Council acting at the time of the enactment of this regulation shall be credited.
2. The following are considered pensionable salary
a. the fixed annual compensation for a member of the Government Council, excluding compensation for the Landammann and the Landstatthalter and excluding representation expenses;
b. the daily allowances of the service year and the cost of living allowances, excluding family and child allowances.
1. Posthumous Salary Benefits consist of an old-age pension or disability pension, a widow's pension, or an orphan's pension.
2. The amount of the old-age pension is determined by the pensionable salary at the time of departure from the government council and the years of service. It amounts to (percentage of the pensionable salary)
a. after 6 years of service: 18%
b. after 8 years of service: 24%
c. after 10 years of service: 30%
d. after 12 years of service: 36%
3. Eligibility for the old-age pension begins with the month following the attainment of the age of 60.
4. The widow of a deceased member or former member of the government council receives 6 percent of the pensionable salary in the 1st to 5th year of service and 50 percent of the old-age pension from the 6th to 16th year of service.
5. The orphan's pension amounts to 3 percent of the pensionable salary for each child. Each child eligible for a child allowance is entitled to it.
6. Orphan's pensions are also paid after the remarriage or death of the widow but may not exceed 36 percent.
7. Widow's and orphan's pensions together may not exceed 36 percent of the pensionable salary.
8. In case of doubt, the government council decides on the distribution of the total widow's and orphan's pensions.
9. Eligibility for the widow's or orphan's pension begins with the month following the death.