Swiss Court Rules Workers Must Clock Out For Bathroom Breaks

Bathroom break at work? Swiss court upholds watchmaker’s rule to do it on your own time

The case has bared what some say is a labor-law loophole in the rich Alpine country with a reputation for running like clockwork

Swiss Court Rules Workers Must Clock Out For Bathroom Breaks

The court said that “Swiss law does not mention the right of employees to go to the toilet, even though this is a basic physiological need.”

Bathroom break at work? Swiss court upholds watchmaker's rule to do it on your own time

GENEVA (AP) — A court in Switzerland — where time is money for its famed watchmaking industry — has ruled that a dial manufacturer was justified in telling workers: If you need a bathroom break, clock out and take it on your own time. An investigative report by public broadcaster RTS over the weekend revealed how a regional court in western Neuchatel ruled that watch dial maker Jean Singer & Cie SA was within its rights to require staffers to pu…

Can your Swiss employer make you clock off for toilet breaks?

Though Switzerland has a labour law on the books, toilet breaks are not clearly defined in this legislation. A cantonal court has therefore had to rule on the matter of whether your boss can make you clock off each time you go to the toilet.

Swiss workers told to ‘clock out’ for bathroom breaks, court rules

A Swiss court has ruled in favor of Jean Singer & Cie SA, a watch dial manufacturer, allowing the company to require employees to clock out for bathroom breaks.