GAV compliance in codeto report
The collective labour agreement of the Swiss electrical industry (GAV) sets requirements for time recording, supplements, absences and expense reimbursement. This chapter shows which of those requirements can be mapped in codeto report, how they are configured and where limits remain today.
This chapter explains the configuration in codeto report, not the GAV itself. The GAV text and the directives of the Paritätische Landeskommission (PLK) always take precedence. For legal questions in individual cases, consult the PLK or the responsible regional joint commission.
Official sources: EIT.swiss and PLK Elektro
The chapter concerns all roles: employees encounter the GAV rules when recording time, project leads and supervisors when checking, admins when configuring. Configuration itself requires admin rights, the rules apply to everyone.
State of coverage
The table shows how far individual GAV requirements are implemented in codeto report today.
| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Covered | Can be configured completely and runs automatically afterwards. |
| Partly | Basic function available, individual aspects are missing or need a workaround. |
| Manual upkeep | Can be mapped, but with recurring effort. |
| In progress | Not available yet, under development. |
| Not covered | Not represented today and has to be tracked outside codeto report. |
| Out of scope | Not part of the functional scope, belongs in payroll or ERP. |
| GAV requirement | Article | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detailed time recording | Art. 10.1.1, 20.6 | Covered | Working time and target hours |
| Archiving evidence for the audit body | Art. 20.6 | Partly | Working time and target hours |
| Recording and checking breaks | Employment Act (ArG) | Covered | Rule checks |
| Target hours and annual working time | Art. 20.1 | Covered | Working time and target hours |
| Keeping an overtime balance | Art. 21 | Covered | Overtime, excess time and vorholzeit |
| Excess time above 50 h per week with 25 % supplement | Art. 22 | In progress | Overtime, excess time and vorholzeit |
| Reporting vorholzeit separately | Art. 26.3 | Not covered | Overtime, excess time and vorholzeit |
| Night, Saturday and Sunday supplements | Art. 25 | Covered | Configuring supplements |
| Recording travel time separately | Art. 27 | Covered | Travel time and expenses |
| Rayon rule | Art. 27.4 | Manual upkeep | Travel time and expenses |
| Expense reimbursement CHF 18.– | Art. 33.1 | Manual upkeep | Travel time and expenses |
| Mileage allowance | Art. 34 | Partly | Travel time and expenses |
| Public holidays | Art. 30/31 | Covered | Absences and public holidays |
| Paid absences | Art. 32 | Covered | Absences and public holidays |
| Waiting day for illness | Art. 37.7 | Manual upkeep | Absences and public holidays |
| Holiday entitlement | Art. 29 | Partly | Absences and public holidays |
| Minimum wages, 13th monthly salary | Art. 16–18 | Out of scope | Payroll, see Annex 5c GAV |
Three points are not covered in a GAV-compliant way today:
- Excess time above 50 hours per week does not trigger an automatic 25 % supplement. We are working on it. Until then the supplement has to be determined outside codeto report.
- Vorholzeit is not represented. The separate reporting against overtime required by Art. 26.3 is therefore not possible.
- The rayon rule cannot be stored as a distance. It can be mapped through additions, but requires a maintained project list.
All three points are described in detail on the respective topic pages.
Where configuration happens
GAV-relevant settings are spread across several areas:
| Area | What is configured there |
|---|---|
| Branch office settings | Public holidays, standard working hours, absence types |
| Report additions | Project-related supplements, for example night and Saturday supplements |
| General additions | Person- and contract-related allowances, for example the lunch allowance |
| Employee contract | Target hours, overtime handling, workload |
Getting started
New to the topic? This order has proven useful:
- Check Working time and target hours, they are the basis for all further calculations.
- Set up Absences and public holidays, they directly affect the target time.
- Configure supplements as soon as night, Saturday or Sunday work occurs.
- Clarify Travel time and expenses when working on sites away from the company domicile.
- Note Overtime, excess time and vorholzeit at year end and at the turn of the year.
How the rules take effect in day-to-day recording, that is warnings, errors and minimum breaks, is described under Rule checks.