You receive a partner’s pension

I plan to start work again. Will this have any consequences for my pension?

I have also accrued other pension entitlements. What should I do when these entitlements commence?

I don’t know whether I’ve accrued any other pension entitlements. Whom should I contact about this?

I am entitled to a foreign state pension. What does this mean?

I need a statement of income. What should I do?

How do I as a pension beneficiary receive information?

How is my pension adjusted?

Whom can I contact if I have specific questions about my pension?

Whom can I contact if I have questions about gross/net calculations?

Whom can I contact if I have questions about AOW benefits?

If you receive a partner’s pension and enter (salaried) employment, no changes will be effected in respect of your pension. There may be consequences for your tax situation. The Tax Authority’s (Belastingdienst) website contains more information about this. See: 'useful links'.

You may have accrued other pension entitlements in addition to your Shell pension. You must submit an application to receive this other pension yourself in good time before your entitlement to that pension enters into effect. This may be shortly before your 65th birthday, for example.

If you do not know whether you have accrued any other pension entitlements, for example while working for a former employer? In ‘Retirement pension, you are approaching your 65th birthday’ you can find information about whom to contact in that case.

You may have accrued an entitlement to a foreign state pension. This may be the case if you participated mandatorily in a foreign state pension scheme while your partner was working for Shell abroad. If you are entitled to a foreign state pension, the Pension Fund will notify you in writing in good time regarding when, where and how you are required to apply for this pension.

Foreign state pensions from the United Kingdom, Belgium, France and Switzerland are ‘parallel pensions’ and will be deducted from your Shell pension. The deduction commences at the same time as the state pension, this is often from the age of 65. The section titled ‘You are approaching your 65th birthday’ contains more information about parallel pensions.

You may require a statement of income from the Pension Fund, for example if you wish to take out a mortgage. In that case, please contact the Pension Administration and Information department. The department’s staff can access your pension data and will be pleased to assist you.

You receive an Indexation letter in July of each year, containing the relevant data about your pension and any adjustments made. In June or July of each year you receive a brochure with a summary of the Pension Fund’s activities and key figures of the past year. You can download this brochure under the section 'Annual Reports / Year in brief'. Voeksnieuws is also sent to all pension beneficiaries. This publication contains important announcements by the Pension Fund for pension beneficiaries.

The brochure titled ‘Indexation of pensions’ contains information about the adjustment of your pension.

Clicking on this website’s ‘contact’ link reveals the various ways in which you can contact the Pension Fund with your questions or comments.

The website of the Tax Authority (Belastingdienst) contains a ‘green table’ (groene tabel) setting out the levies applied to your gross pension payments. See 'useful links'.

Please contact the Social Insurance Bank (Sociale Verzekeringsbank, SVB) with questions about AOW benefits. The link can be found on this site under: 'useful links'.