Civil servants (including judges) when this Basic Law takes effect may, within six (6) months after the Federal Parliament first convenes, be retired, suspended, or transferred to lower-salaried positions if they lack the personal or professional aptitude for their present positions. This provision shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to salaried public employees other than civil servants or judges whose employment cannot be terminated at will.
In the case of salaried employees whose employment may be terminated at will, notice periods longer than those set by collective bargaining agreements may be rescinded within the same period.
If cantonal Authorities wish to re-employee such civil servants they can at their discretion and under their own cantonal budgets.
Details shall be specified by a law or decree issued by the Federal Government with the consent of the relevant cantonal Government. All positions will be cancelled from the organization chart in the absence of any such law or decree being issued within 12 months from the enactment of this Constitution.
