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

¹ If the em­ploy­ee has com­puls­ory in­sur­ance pre­scribed by law against the fin­an­cial con­sequences of be­ing pre­ven­ted from work­ing by per­son­al cir­cum­stances for which he is not at fault, the em­ploy­er is not ob­liged to pay his salary where the in­sur­ance be­ne­fits for that lim­ited peri­od cov­er at least four-fifths of the salary in­come lost over that peri­od.

² Where the in­sur­ance be­ne­fits are less, the em­ploy­er must pay the dif­fer­ence between them and four-fifths of the salary.

³ Where the in­sur­ance be­ne­fits are paid only after a wait­ing peri­od, the em­ploy­er must pay at least four-fifths of the salary dur­ing that peri­od.¹¹⁶