Termination Notice (Kündigungsschreiben)

TERMINATION NOTICE (KÜNDIGUNGSSCHREIBEN) (Code of Obligations "OR"/"CO" articles 335–336c)

Employer name​ Employer address​

To: Employee name​, "Position​" Date: Letter date

1. NOTICE OF TERMINATION 1.1. This is a notice of termination given by the Notice given byEmployerEmployee. 1.2. Swiss law does not require notice to be in writing (an oral notice is legally valid), but a written notice is the standard and strongly recommended way of proving both that notice was given and its date.

2. NOTICE PERIOD 2.1. Length of service: Length of serviceDuring probation period1st year of service2nd–9th year of service10th year of service or more. 2.2. Applicable notice schedule: Applicable notice scheduleStatutory OR schedule (art. 335c OR)L-GAV schedule (hospitality — 14 days during probation, then per L-GAV table)Other GAV/CBA schedule. Statutory minimum periods under art. 335c OR are: 7 days during the probation period; 1 month during the 1st year of service; 2 months from the 2nd to the 9th year; 3 months from the 10th year onward — all running, unless otherwise agreed, to the end of a calendar month. The L-GAV sets 14 days during its own 14-day probation period, then its own schedule by seniority for hospitality employees. 2.3. Employment ends on: Effective end date.

3. BLOCKED PERIODS (SPERRFRISTEN, ART. 336c OR) 3.1. Blocked-period (Sperrfrist) checkConfirmed — no blocked period under art. 336c OR applies (no illness/accident absence, no pregnancy/16 weeks post-partum, no military/civil service)Blocked period may apply — seek legal advice BEFORE sending this notice 3.2. ⚠️ A notice given by the Employer during a Sperrfrist (illness/accident absence — 30/90/180 days depending on years of service; pregnancy and the 16 weeks after childbirth; compulsory Swiss military/civil/protection service, in some cases) is void (nichtig), not merely voidable — it must be given again after the blocked period ends.

4. ABUSIVE DISMISSAL (ART. 336 OR) 4.1. A dismissal given for a reason listed in art. 336 OR as abusive (missbräuchlich) — e.g. because of a personal characteristic not related to the employment relationship, because the employee exercised a constitutional right, or in bad faith to avoid claims that would otherwise fall due — exposes the Employer to a compensation claim of up to 6 months' salary, on top of any other claim.

5. REASON FOR TERMINATION 5.1. Reason for termination, if requested​ 5.2. Either party may request the reason for termination in writing (art. 335 para. 2 OR); the other party must then provide it in writing.

Signed: ______________ / Signed by​ /

Received by: ______________ / Employee name​ / Date: ______________