Pension Change at the Turn of the Year – a Group Threatens to Pay Off

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After around 140 years, the pension is subject to a historic change. A small group of beneficiaries will soon have to waive a special scheme.

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Reading time 3 minutesOn 1 January 2002, the "Law on the Improvement of Survivors' Pensions" came into force – a title that still seems cynical to many people concerned. Indeed, the reform meant a fundamental change of course: Survivors should be integrated into the labour market more quickly, and the state wanted to dampen its spending in the long term. For widows, widowers and registered life partners, this started a new era – with noticeable …