fristlose Kündigung · termination with immediate effect
Both employer and employee may terminate the employment contract with immediate effect, at any time, for good cause. The court determines at its discretion whether good cause exists. Summary dismissal, the usual English expression, only covers termination by the employer, whereas the Swiss rule applies to both parties.
Request a demoThe term in four languages
- German
- fristlose Kündigung
- French
- résiliation immédiate
- Italian
- risoluzione immediata
- English
- termination with immediate effect
Definition
Good cause means any circumstance that, in good faith, makes it unconscionable for the party giving notice to continue the employment relationship. The terminating party must give its reasons in writing if the other party so requests. An unjustified termination with immediate effect still ends the contract, but the employer must pay what the employee would have earned until the end of the notice period. The court may also award compensation.
Swiss federal acts are published in German, French and Italian, and all three versions are equally authoritative. The English term shown here comes from the Federal Administration's English translation, published on Fedlex for information only. Where there is no translation, it follows common usage.
Full glossaryThe term in an official text
powered by Neur.onAus wichtigen Gründen kann der Arbeitgeber wie der Arbeitnehmer jederzeit das Arbeitsverhältnis fristlos auflösen; er muss die fristlose Vertragsauflösung schriftlich begründen, wenn die andere Partei dies verlangt.
Both employer and employee may terminate the employment relationship with immediate effect at any time for good cause; the party doing so must give his reasons in writing at the other party’s request.
Source: Fedlex, Code of Obligations. In Corrext, this segment and the ones around it appear in Fast lookup CHnell, each with its reference.
Related terms
Hours worked beyond the working time agreed in the contract.
Kündigung · terminationThe notice of termination that ends a contract of unlimited duration when the notice period expires.
Arbeitsvertrag · employment contractThe contract by which an employee undertakes to work in the employer's service in return for a salary.