Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the vacation pay included in the global wage complied with Art. 329d CO for an irregular guard schedule.
Extrahierter Entscheid
For this irregular night-work arrangement, the vacation component could validly be included in the wage, because the contract and wage slips clearly showed the percentage and amount and the employer faced practical calculation difficulties.
Extrahierte Begründung
The statutory rule forbids replacing vacation with money during the employment relationship, but case law allows inclusion of vacation pay in the wage in special situations such as irregular part-time or similarly hard-to-calculate work patterns. Here the schedule varied, monthly pay was difficult to predict, and the contractual and payroll disclosure requirements were satisfied.