Employment Reference Certificate (Arbeitszeugnis / Zwischenzeugnis)

EMPLOYMENT REFERENCE CERTIFICATE (Certificate type — article 330a Code of Obligations "OR"/"CO")

✓Employer name ✓Employer address

To whom it may concern,

✓Employee name was employed with us as "✓Position" from Period start to Period end.

1. LEGAL BASIS 1.1. Under article 330a OR, an employee may at any time request a reference (Arbeitszeugnis) — a full reference at the end of employment (Vollzeugnis) or, on request during ongoing employment, an interim reference (Zwischenzeugnis). Reason for this reference: Reason for this reference. 1.2. A Swiss reference must be simultaneously TRUTHFUL (wahr) and BENEVOLENT (wohlwollend) — it may not contain anything false, but it must be worded to give the employee a fair chance in the job market. It must also be complete: silently omitting an important, negative fact is itself considered misleading.

2. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 2.1. Duties and responsibilities

3. PERFORMANCE 3.1. ✓Employee name performed the assigned tasks Performance rating. 3.2. ⚠️ Swiss reference culture uses standardised, "coded" phrasing — for example "bemühte sich" ("endeavoured to") is widely read as a euphemism for poor performance. Choose the rating that genuinely and fairly reflects the employee's performance; do not default to the top rating if it is not warranted, and do not use a lower-tier phrase to disguise a personal conflict.

4. CONDUCT 4.1. Conduct towards superiors, colleagues and guests/clients was Conduct rating.

5. REASON FOR LEAVING 5.1. Reason for leaving

6. CLOSING 6.1. We thank ✓Employee name for their service and wish them every success in their future career.

Issued on Issue date by ✓Employer name.

______________ / ✓Signed on behalf of the Employer by /

— — — ⚠️ This is a boilerplate template, not legal advice. Swiss employment, consumer-protection, data-protection, and food-safety law (Code of Obligations "OR"/"CO", L-GAV/CCNT für das Gastgewerbe, Arbeitsgesetz "ArG"/ArGV 1, Datenschutzgesetz "DSG" 2023, LMG/LGV) includes significant cantonal variation (minimum wages, Meldeschein/guest-registration forms, Kurtaxe rates, Spesenreglement approval, hygiene guidance, alcohol age limits) and the L-GAV minimum-wage figures are re-indexed every year — have this document reviewed and adapted by a Swiss employment/legal advisor and verified against your canton before use. Where a German-, French- or Italian-language version of this document is also used, that version prevails in case of conflict.