Federal Act
on the Amendment of the Swiss Civil Code
(Part Five: The Code of Obligations)

¹ Where the com­mer­cial trav­el­ler through no fault of his own is pre­ven­ted from trav­el­ling and his salary must non­ethe­less be paid to him by law or by con­tract, it is cal­cu­lated on the basis of the fixed salary com­pon­ent plus ap­pro­pri­ate com­pens­a­tion for loss of com­mis­sion.

² Where the com­mis­sion makes up less than one-fifth of the salary, it may be agreed in writ­ing that no com­pens­a­tion for loss of com­mis­sion is owed to him should he be pre­ven­ted from trav­el­ling through no fault of his own.

³ Where a com­mer­cial trav­el­ler who is pre­ven­ted from trav­el­ling through no fault of his own re­ceives his full salary, at the em­ploy­er’s re­quest he must carry out work on the busi­ness premises to the ex­tent he is cap­able of such work and it may reas­on­ably be re­quired of him.