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

¹ The em­ploy­er must hold ne­go­ti­ations with the em­ploy­ees with the aim of pre­par­ing a so­cial plan if he:

a.

nor­mally em­ploys at least 250 em­ploy­ees; and

b.

in­tends to make at least 30 em­ploy­ees re­dund­ant with­in 30 days for reas­ons that have no con­nec­tion with their per­sons.

² Re­dund­an­cies over a longer peri­od of time that are based on the same op­er­a­tion­al de­cision are coun­ted to­geth­er.

³ The em­ploy­er ne­go­ti­ates:

a.

with the em­ploy­ee as­so­ci­ations that are party to the col­lect­ive em­ploy­ment con­tract if he is a party to this col­lect­ive em­ploy­ment con­tract;

b.

with the or­gan­isa­tion rep­res­ent­ing the em­ploy­ees; or

c.

dir­ectly with the em­ploy­ees if there is no or­gan­isa­tion rep­res­ent­ing the em­ploy­ees.

⁴ The em­ploy­ee as­so­ci­ations, the or­gan­isa­tion rep­res­ent­ing the em­ploy­ees or the em­ploy­ees may in­vite spe­cial­ist ad­visers to the ne­go­ti­ations. These per­sons must pre­serve con­fid­en­ti­al­ity in deal­ings with per­sons out­side the com­pany.