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

¹ To the ex­tent provided for by in­di­vidu­al agree­ment, cus­tom, stand­ard em­ploy­ment con­tract or col­lect­ive em­ploy­ment con­tract, the em­ploy­er may with­hold part of the salary.

² The amount with­held on any giv­en pay­ment date must not ex­ceed one-tenth of the salary due and the cu­mu­lat­ive amount with­held must not ex­ceed the salary due for one week’s work; however, a high­er amount may be with­held un­der the terms of a stand­ard em­ploy­ment con­tract or col­lect­ive em­ploy­ment con­tract.

³ Un­less oth­er­wise provided by in­di­vidu­al agree­ment, cus­tom, stand­ard em­ploy­ment con­tract or col­lect­ive em­ploy­ment con­tract, the salary with­held is deemed to be se­cur­ity for the em­ploy­er’s claims arising from the em­ploy­ment re­la­tion­ship rather than a con­trac­tu­al pen­alty.