Division Two: Types of Contractual Relationship
Title Ten:113 The Employment Contract
Section Four: Mandatory Provisions
A. Provisions from which no derogation is permissible to the detriment of the employer or the employee

Art. 361

1 It is not permissible to derogate from the following provisions to the detriment of either the employer or the employee by individual agreement, standard employment contract or collective employment contract:

Article 321_c_:

paragraph 1 (overtime);

Article 323:

paragraph 4 (advances);

Article 323_b_:

 paragraph 2 (set-off against countervailing claims);

Article 325:

 paragraph 2 (assignment and pledge of salary claims);

Article 326:

paragraph 2 (allocation of work);

Article 329_d_:

paragraph 2 and 3 (holiday pay);

Article 331:

 paragraphs 1 and 2 (employee benefits scheme contributions);

Article 331_b_:

 (assignment and pledge of claims to occupational benefits);[224](https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/27/317%5F321%5F377/en#fn-d8e12325) 

 ...[225](https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/27/317%5F321%5F377/en#fn-d8e12344) 

Article 334:

 paragraph 3 (termination of long-term employment relationships);

Article 335:

(termination of employment relationships);

Article 335_k_:

 (social plan during bankruptcy or composition proceedings)[226](https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/27/317%5F321%5F377/en#fn-d8e12374) 

Article 336:

paragraph 1 (wrongful termination);

Article 336_a_:

 (compensation in the event of wrongful termination);

Article 336_b_:

(compensation procedure);

Article 336_d_:

 (termination by the employee at an inopportune juncture);

Article 337:

 paragraphs 1 and 2 (termination with immediate effect for good cause);

Article 337_b_:

 paragraph 1 (consequences of justified termination);

Article 337_d_:

 (consequences of failure to take up post or departure without just cause);

Article 339:

paragraph 1 (maturity of claims);

Article 339_a_:

(return);

Article 340_b_:

 paragraph 1 and 2 (consequences of infringement of the prohibition of competition);

Article 342:

paragraph 2 (civil law effects of public law);

 ...[227](https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/27/317%5F321%5F377/en#fn-d8e12448) 

Article 346:

(early termination of apprenticeship contract);

Article 349_c_:

paragraph 3 (prevention from travelling);

Article 350:

(termination in special cases);

Article 350_a_:

 paragraph 2 (return).[228](https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/27/317%5F321%5F377/en#fn-d8e12482) 

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 employer or the employee is void.

[224](https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/27/317%5F321%5F377/en#fnbck-d8e12325) Inserted 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](eli/oc/1994/2386%5F2386%5F2386/en);[BBl **1992** III 533](eli/fga/1992/3%5F533%5F529%5F477/en)).

[225](https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/27/317%5F321%5F377/en#fnbck-d8e12344) Repealed 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](eli/oc/1994/2386%5F2386%5F2386/en);[BBl **1992** III 533](eli/fga/1992/3%5F533%5F529%5F477/en)).

[226](https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/27/317%5F321%5F377/en#fnbck-d8e12374) Inserted by the Annex to the FA of 21 June 2013, in force since 1 Jan. 2014 ([AS **2013** 4111](eli/oc/2013/757/en);[BBl **2010** 6455](eli/fga/2010/1144/en)).

[227](https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/27/317%5F321%5F377/en#fnbck-d8e12448) Repealed by Annex No 5 to the Civil Jurisdiction Act of 24 March 2000, with effect from 1 Jan. 2001 ([AS **2000** 2355](eli/oc/2000/374/en);[BBl **1999** III 2829](eli/fga/1999/1%5F2829%5F2591%5F2427/en)).

[228](https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/27/317%5F321%5F377/en#fnbck-d8e12482) Amended by No I of the FA of 18 March 1988, in force since 1 Jan. 1989 ([AS **1988** 1472](eli/oc/1988/1472%5F1472%5F1472/en);[BBl **1984** II 551](eli/fga/1984/2%5F551%5F574%5F494/en)).