Facts
- [A.] worked full-time as an assembly worker until a car accident in 2001. In 2002, she applied to the Disability Insurance (IV) for benefits and received a half disability pension from October 2002 onwards. - In the context of a revision, the IV office conducted further clarifications and terminated the disability pension at the end of October 2012, as [A.] was 89% capable of working. - [A.] filed a complaint against the pension termination. The Administrative Court of the Canton of Bern dismissed the complaint but ordered that the previous disability pension be continued to be paid until the decision was announced. - The IV office filed a complaint against this order to continue paying the pension until the decision was announced with the Federal Supreme Court.Considerations
- The Federal Supreme Court dismissed the IV office's complaint. It stated that the termination of the pension was justified, but the continued payment of the pension until the announcement of the decision was lawful. - According to the final provisions of the 6th IV Revision (SchlBest. IVG), insured persons whose pension is terminated or reduced have a right to reintegration measures. During the implementation of these measures, there is also an entitlement to the continued payment of the previous disability pension,…