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Staff are strictly prohibited from accepting gifts (with the exception of items of small value), and from assuming or claiming any kind of advantage either for themselves or for third parties.

Dismissals and redundancies will be effected by HR by order of the respective unit. During probation periods, both parties may terminate employment relations by giving seven days’ notice. Prior to employment being terminated on account of lacking staff suitability or for improper conduct, at least one performance review shall have been conducted and an adequate period of time for amelioration shall have been granted. In case of employment being terminated without any individual fault, staff are entitled to statutory severance pay, providing they have reached the age of 50, have given 10 years of service to the University, and where employment at the University has constituted their principal source of income.

Groups are associations of University members belonging to one or several categories with regard to University elections and representation on University boards and committees.

Group I:
Fully tenured professors, tenure-track assistant professors, SNF funded professors

Group II:
Non-tenure-track assistant professors, lecturers, associate professors, adjunct professors, private lecturers, research associates with teaching commitments

Group III:
Assistants and doctoral candidates at the University of Basel

Group IV:
Research, technical, and administrative staff without teaching commitments

Group V: Students

For further details, see the respective passages in the Statute of the University of Basel and the information about the respective groups on the University homepage.

The University of Basel is strongly committed to ensuring occupational health and safety for all its staff. The University takes all necessary measures to raise staff awareness of occupational health and safety. The University grants staff full rights to early and comprehensive information and to hearings concerning occupational health and safety.

Staff may take out health insurance at reduced rates with the insurance companies listed below. Each company offers a wide range of insurance products and services. Please view the following links for further information and to establish which provider best meets your needs:

Sympany
www.sympany.ch/unibas
Peter Merian-Weg 4, 4002 Basel
Telephone 0800 655 655 Contract-No.1002200

Sanitas
www.sanitas-corporate.ch
Postfach 309, 8304 Wallisellen
Telephone 0800 22 88 44 Contract-No. K004070

CSS
www.css.ch
Theaterstrasse 18, 4010 Basel
Telephone 0844 277 277 Contract-No. 2025937

Swica
www.swica.ch/basel-stadt
Aeschenplatz 2, 4010 Basel
Telephone 0800 809 080 Contract-No. 170 / 3003 / 1498797

In case of longer absences due to illness or accident, statutory holiday leaves will be curtailed by one twelfth (1/12) for every full month, with effect from the second month of consecutive absence.

Staff are entitled to 25 days of paid annual holiday leave.
This period increases to 27 days per annum from the age of 50, and to 30 days from the age of 60. At least two weeks of annual holiday leave should be taken consecutively. University units are responsible for monitoring staff holiday leaves.

For HR staff contact details, please see page 7 below.

For the University’s HR regulations, please consult the download section.

On principle, staff salaries are adjusted to inflation on an annual basis. The University Council reserves the right to not adjust salaries to inflation in well-founded cases.

For details on duties, obligations, and due diligence arising in connection with IT resources and data protection, see the University’s «Reglement über den Umgang mit universitären Informatikmitteln».