
Arbeitszeugnis: Your Right to a Job Reference Under Swiss Law
Art. 330a OR gives every Swiss employee a right to a job reference. The qualified versus simple Arbeitszeugnis, the benevolence standard, and fixing a bad one.
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Art. 330a OR gives every Swiss employee a right to a job reference. The qualified versus simple Arbeitszeugnis, the benevolence standard, and fixing a bad one.

Swiss law lets employers end a job for almost any reason. Art. 336 to 336b OR: abuse grounds, the compensation cap, and the deadline that decides most claims.

The Art. 336c OR Sperrfrist bands for illness, pregnancy and service, and why a notice given during one is void while an earlier notice is only paused.

An orientation to Swiss employment law: broad freedom to terminate, abuse only limits, and no reinstatement remedy, with links to the full cluster.

How Swiss notice periods work under Art. 335c OR, including the service year rule that trips up both employers and employees most often.