Questione giuridica chiave
Whether benefits paid under the social plan for early retirement are excluded from the massgebender Lohn under Art. 8ter Abs. 1 lit. c AHVV.
Decisione estratta
The benefits qualify as payments within an employer’s early-retirement scheme and are exempt from payroll contributions up to eight monthly salaries.
Motivazione estratta
The wording of Art. 8ter Abs. 1 lit. c AHVV contains no requirement that early retirement be voluntary or unconditional. The Federal Office’s restrictive guidelines added criteria not found in the ordinance and could not narrow its scope.