If an employee is unable to perform work during the probationary period through no fault of his or her own, the employee is not entitled to wages under a permanent employment contract until the first day of the fourth month of the employment relationship; the employee must therefore bear the loss of wages during the three-month waiting period. The law does not provide for mandatory continued payment of wages in the event of illness during the first three months of a permanent employment relationship.
Related links:
- The 10 Most Important Questions About Probationary Periods: https://www.bdo.ch/de-ch/publikationen/fachartikel/nl/probezeit
- This must be specified in the employment contract: https://www.beobachter.ch/arbeit-bildung/arbeitsrecht/das-muss-im-arbeitsvertrag-geregelt-sein-596288#
- Entitlement to Wages During Sickness: https://www.ktipp.ch/artikel/artikeldetail/habe-ich-den-lohn-zugut
- Payment of Wages in the Event of Inability to Work – Swiss Code of Obligations (OR) Art. 324a: https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/27/317_321_377/de#a324a