Federal Act on Gender Equality

¹Leg­al pro­tec­tion in the case of em­ploy­ment re­la­tion­ships un­der pub­lic law is gov­erned by the gen­er­al pro­vi­sions on the ad­min­is­tra­tion of fed­er­al justice. In the case of com­plaints made by fed­er­al staff, Art­icle 58 of the Fed­er­al Act of 30 June 1927¹ on Pub­lic Of­fi­cials also ap­plies.

²If a per­son is dis­crim­in­ated against in the re­jec­tion of an ap­plic­a­tion that would es­tab­lish an em­ploy­ment re­la­tion­ship for the first time, then Art­icle 5 para­graph 2 ap­plies. Com­pens­a­tion may be re­ques­ted at the same time that a com­plaint about the de­cision re­ject­ing the ap­plic­a­tion is made.

³Fed­er­al em­ploy­ees may have re­course to a con­cili­ation board with­in the peri­od provided in terms of Art­icle 50 of the Fed­er­al Act of 20 Decem­ber 1968² on Ad­min­is­trat­ive Pro­ced­ure. This Board ad­vises the parties and at­tempts to bring about a set­tle­ment.³

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⁵The pro­ceed­ings are free of charge, oth­er than in cases of vex­a­tious lit­ig­a­tion. In pro­ceed­ings be­fore the Fed­er­al Su­preme Court, costs are gov­erned by the Fed­er­al Su­preme Court Act of 17 June 2005⁵.⁶