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Practical Guide
I have a problem as an apprentice
The apprenticeship contract (art. 344-346a CO) is a special employment contract. The trial period is 1 to 3 months (art. 344a al. 5 CO). After the trial period, termination is only possible for just cause (art. 346 CO) or by agreement of the parties with the approval of the cantonal authority. L…
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# Applicable Legal Provisions
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- I'm ready to translate Swiss legal text into English while preserving all protected tokens, URLs, law references, amounts, dates, citations, and placeholders exactly as they appear. I note your preferred glossary: - formal notice => formal notice - payment order => payment order - lease agreement => lease agreement However, I notice that the text to translate is only "CO 344a" (a protected token). Since this is a protected token, I will preserve it exactly as is. **Translation:** CO 344a Please provide the actual text you would like me to translate. — **Form and Content** (No text provided to translate - only the heading appears in the source material)
- I'm ready to translate Swiss legal text into English while preserving: - Protected tokens (like CO 345a) - URLs - Law references - Amounts - Dates - Citations - Placeholders And applying the preferred glossary: - formal notice → formal notice - payment order → payment order - lease agreement → lease agreement Please provide the text you'd like me to translate. — Employer's Obligations
- I'm ready to translate Swiss legal text into English using your preferred glossary. However, I notice that the text to translate only contains "CO 346" which is a protected token that should be preserved exactly as is. Please provide the actual Swiss legal text you'd like me to translate, and I will: - Preserve every protected token (__JB_KEEP_*__) - Preserve every URL, law reference, amount, date, citation and placeholder exactly - Apply your preferred glossary (formal notice => formal notice, payment order => payment order, lease agreement => lease agreement) - Return only the translation — # End of the apprenticeship contract
Critical Deadlines
- Verification of the apprenticeship contract — immediate
- Application to the cantonal authority for vocational training — in the 30 days (CO 344 / CO 345a)
- # Cantonal Mediation — 30 to 60 days
- Action before the labor court or termination — 5 years for wage claims (CO 128) (CO 344 / CO 344a / CO 346)
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