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They are refusing to give me my vacation or to pay for it
The right to vacation is 4 weeks minimum per year (5 weeks for young people up to 20 years years of age, art. 329a CO). Vacations must be taken in kind — their financial compensation is only permitted at the end of employment relationships (art. 329d al. 2 CO). The employer sets the date of…
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# Applicable Legal Provisions
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- I'm ready to translate the text from French to English while preserving all protected tokens, URLs, law references, amounts, dates, citations, and placeholders. However, I notice that the text to be translated contains only a protected token: CO 329d Since this token must be preserved exactly as is, here is the translation: CO 329d If you have additional text content to translate, please provide it and I will translate it according to your glossary preferences (formal notice => formal notice, payment order => payment order, lease agreement => lease agreement) while preserving all protected tokens and other specified elements. — Salary accrued for vacation leave
Critical Deadlines
- Balance Statement — immediate
- # Written request to the employer — before the end of the relationship (CO 329a / CO 329d)
- Formal notice — after 14 days without response (I'm ready to translate the text from French to English as a Swiss legal translator. However, I notice that the text you want me to translate is just a placeholder: CO 104 Please provide the actual text you would like me to translate, and I will: - Preserve every protected token (__JB_KEEP_*__) - Keep all URLs, law references, amounts, dates, citations, and placeholders exactly as they appear - Apply the preferred glossary: - formal notice => formal notice - payment order => payment order - lease agreement => lease agreement Once you provide the text, I'll return only the English translation.)
- # Action at the Industrial Tribunal --- **Note:** The text you provided is a French heading. A direct translation would be "Action at the Industrial Tribunal" or "Claim before the Industrial Tribunal" (the *tribunal des prud'hommes* being a French labor/employment court). However, if you intended to provide a longer text for translation, please share it and I will translate it while preserving all protected tokens, URLs, law references, amounts, dates, citations, and placeholders as instructed. — in the 5 years (CO 329d / CO 128 ch.3 / CPC 243)
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