Art. 362
B. Provisions from which no derogation is permissible to the detriment of the employee 1 It is not permissible to derogate from the following provisions to the detriment of the employee by individual agreement, standard employment contract or collective employment contract:233 Article 321e: (employee’s liability); Article 322a:paragraphs 2 and 3 (share in the business results); Article 322b:paragraphs 1 and 2 (entitlement to commission); Article 322c:(statement of commission); Article 323b:paragraph 1, second sentence (salary statement); Article 324:(salary where employer fails to accept work); Article 324a:paragraphs 1 and 3 (salary where employee is prevented from working); Article 324b:(salary where employee has compulsory insurance); Article 326: paragraphs 1, 3 and 4 (piece work); Article 326a: (piece work rates); Article 327a: paragraph 1 (reimbursement of expenses in general); Article 327b: paragraph 1 (reimbursement of expenses for motor vehicles); Article 327c: paragraph 2 (advances for expenses); Article 328: (protection of the employee’s personality rights in general); Article 328a: (protection of personality rights of employees living in the employer’s household); Article 328b: (protection when handling personal data);234 Article 329: paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 (days off work); Article 329a: paragraphs 1 and 3 (holiday entitlement); Article 329b: paragraphs 2 and 3 (reduction of holiday entitlement); Article 329c: (consecutive weeks and timing of holidays); Article 329d: paragraph 1 (holiday pay); Article 329e: paragraphs 1 and 3 (leave for youth work);235 Article 329f: (maternity leave);236 Article 329g: (parental leave);237 Article 329gbis: (leave in the event of the mother’s death)238 Article 329h: (leave to care for family members);239 Article 329i: (Leave to care for a child whose health is seriously impaired by illness or accident);240 Article 329j: (Adoption leave);241 Article 330: paragraphs 1, 3 and 4 (security); Article 330a: (reference); Article 331: paragraphs 3 and 4 (contributions and information for employee benefits); Article 331a: (beginning and end of insurance cover);242 ...243 Article 332: paragraph 4 (remuneration for inventions); Article 333: paragraph 3 (liability in the event of transfer of employment relationships); Article 335c: (notice periods)244 Article 335i: (duty to negotiate in order to conclude a social plan)245 Article 335j: (preparation of the social plan by an arbitral tribunal)246 Article 336: paragraph 2 (wrongful termination by the employer); Article 336c: (termination by the employer at an inopportune juncture); Article 337a: (termination with immediate effect because salary is at risk); Article 337c: paragraph 1 (consequences of termination without just cause); Article 338: (death of the employee); Article 338a: (death of the employer); Article. 339b: (Requirements for severance allowance); Article. 339d: (benefits in lieu); Article. 340: paragraph 1 (Requirements for prohibition of competition); Article. 340a: paragraph 1 (restrictions on prohibition of competition); Article. 340c: (extinction of prohibition of competition); Article. 341: paragraph 1 (no right of waiver); Article. 345a: (obligations of the master247); Article. 346a: (certificate of apprenticeship); Article. 349a: paragraph 1 (commercial traveller’s salary); Article. 349b: paragraph 3 (payment of commission); Article. 349c: paragraph 1 (salary where prevented from travelling); Article. 349e: paragraph 1 (commercial traveller’s lien); Article. 350a: paragraph 1 (commission on termination of the employment relationship); Article. 352a: paragraph 3 (home worker’s liability); Article. 353: (acceptance of completed work); Article. 353a: (payment of salary); Article. 353b: paragraph 1 (salary where home worker is prevented from working).248 2 Any agreement or clause of a standard employment contract or collective employment contract that derogates from the aforementioned provisions to the detriment of the employee is void. 233Amended by No II 1 of the FA of 20 Dec. 2019 on Improving the Compatibility of Employment and Caring for Family Members, in force since 1 Jan. 2021 (AS 2020 4525; BBl 2019 4103). 234Inserted by Annex No 2 to the FA of 19 June 1992 on Data Protection, in force since 1 July 1993 (AS 1993 1945; BBl 1988 II 413). 235Inserted by Art. 13 of the FA of 6 Oct. 1989 on Youth Work, in force since 1 Jan. 1991 (AS 1990 2007; BBl 1988 I 825). 236 Inserted by Annex No 12 Annex No 1 to the FA of 3 Oct. 2003, in force since 1 July 2005 (AS 2005 1429; BBl 2002 7522, 2003 11122923). 237 Inserted by No II 1 of the FA of 20 Dec. 2019 on Improving the Compatibility of Employment and Caring for Family Members (AS 2020 4525; BBl 2019 4103). Amended by Annex No 1 of the FA of 17 March 2023 (Daily Allowance for the Surviving Parent), in force since 1 Jan. 2024 (AS 2023 680; BBl 2022 2515, 2742). 238 Inserted by Annex No 1 of the FA of 17 March 2023 (Daily Allowance for the Surviving Parent), in force since 1 Jan. 2024 (AS 2023 680; BBl 2022 2515, 2742). 239 Inserted by No II 1 of the FA of 20 Dec. 2019 on Improving the Compatibility of Employment and Caring for Family Members, in force since 1 Jan. 2021 (AS 2020 4525; BBl 2019 4103). 240 Inserted by No II 1 of the FA of 20 Dec. 2019 on Improving the Compatibility of Work and Caring for Family Members, in force since 1 July 2021 (AS 2020 4525; BBl 2019 4103). 241 Inserted by Annex No 1 of the FA of 1 Oct. 2021, in force since 1 Jan. 2023 (AS 2022 468; BBl 2019 7095, 7303). 242Amended by Annex No 2 to the FA of 17 Dec. 1993 on the Vesting of Occupational Old Age, Survivors' and Invalidity Benefits, in force since 1 Jan. 1995 (AS 1994 2386; BBl 1992 III 533). 243Repealed by Annex No 2 to the FA of 17 Dec. 1993 on the Vesting of Occupational Old Age, Survivors' and Invalidity Benefits, with effect from 1 Jan. 1995 (AS 1994 2386; BBl 1992 III 533). 244 Inserted by No II 1 of the FA of 20 Dec. 2019 on Improving the Compatibility of Employment and Caring for Family Members, in force since 1 Jan. 2021 (AS 2020 4525; BBl 2019 4103). 245Inserted by the Annex to the FA of 21 June 2013, in force since 1 Jan. 2014 (AS 2013 4111; BBl 2010 6455). 246Inserted by the Annex to the FA of 21 June 2013, in force since 1 Jan. 2014 (AS 2013 4111; BBl 2010 6455). 247 Now: the employer. 248Amended by No I of the FA of 18 March 1988, in force since 1 Jan. 1989 (AS 1988 1472; BBl 1984 II 551). |