Setting Up Scale Codes

This topic discusses how to view and set up canton scale codes.

The Scale Codes component contains the Canton Scale Codes CHE and Salary Continuance pages. The Canton Scale Codes CHE page lists all the cantons that belong to a selected scale. The Salary Continuance page shows the pay continuance, in weeks, that is assigned to a scale depending on the employee's length of service.

When it is necessary to calculate a salary continuance due to accident, sickness, military/civilian service, or maternity, consider the following:

• If salary continuance isn't provided for in a general work agreement or cross-company regulation, under certain circumstances the employee may be entitled to salary continuance for at least three weeks, possibly longer, depending on length of service.

• When determining the duration of the salary continuance, individual cantons apply the Basel, the Bern, or the Zurich scale. The scales have been developed on the basis of case histories and legal decisions. Employee and employer are free to agree on the scale to be applied. If no individual agreement is reached, the scales assigned to the respective cantons as reflected in the Canton Scale Code CHE page are applied.