Occupational pension provision within the framework of the BVG and its implementing provisions for the employees, their relatives and beneficiaries of the employer mentioned in Art. 1 para. 1, on the one hand, and of companies or persons who are closely linked to it through their activities or economically or financially, on the other hand, against the economic consequences of old age, death and disability. The foundation may provide additional benefits beyond the statutory minimum benefits, including support benefits in cases of need, such as illness, accident or unemployment.