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My overtime hours are not paid
It is necessary to distinguish between overtime (CO) and additional work (LTr). Overtime refers to hours worked beyond the contractual schedule but below the legal maximum. It is compensated either by time off of equal duration or paid with a 25% supplement (art. 321c…
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# Applicable Legal Provisions
- I'm ready to help translate your Swiss legal text into English. However, I notice that the text you've provided only contains the placeholder `CO 321c` without any actual content to translate. Please provide the complete Swiss legal text that needs to be translated, and I will: - Preserve all protected tokens (like `CO 321c`) - Keep all URLs, law references, amounts, dates, citations, and other placeholders exactly as they appear - Use the preferred glossary terms: - formal notice → formal notice - payment order → payment order - lease agreement → lease agreement Once you provide the text, I'll return only the English translation. — Overtime hours
- LTr 12 — Maximum working hours
- LTr 13 — # Additional Work
Critical Deadlines
- Documentation of hours — continuously
- Written Request for Compensation — before the end of the employment relationship preferably (I'm ready to help translate your Swiss legal text into English. However, I notice that the text you've provided only contains the placeholder `CO 321c` without any actual content to translate. Please provide the complete Swiss legal text that needs to be translated, and I will: - Preserve all protected tokens (like `CO 321c`) - Keep all URLs, law references, amounts, dates, citations, and other placeholders exactly as they appear - Use the preferred glossary terms: - formal notice → formal notice - payment order → payment order - lease agreement → lease agreement Once you provide the text, I'll return only the English translation.)
- Formal reminder and formal notice — after 14 days without response
- Application to the Labour Court — in the 5 years (statute of limitations) (CO 321c / CPC 243 / CO 128 ch.3)
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