Ordinance on the support contribution for staff associations - Scope

1. This regulation applies to personnel subject to the StPG with a permanent employment contract.

1. The voluntary support contribution (the support contribution) amounts to CHF 2.50 per month (30 Swiss Francs per year).

2. It is not levied in proportion to the employment level.

3. It is deducted from the salary of the employee every month, provided a salary is owed.

1. Consent to the deduction of the support contribution is assumed.

2. Anyone who disagrees with the deduction of the support contribution shall notify the competent payroll office in writing.

1. Employees, upon hiring, receive, as an attachment to the employment contract, documents through which they can submit a declaration of refusal. These documents are drafted in mutual agreement between the umbrella association of public service personnel of the Canton of Fribourg and the Office for Personnel and Organization.

2. Employees may send the declaration of refusal within the same period applicable for signing and returning their employment contract to the address specified on the documents. If no declaration of refusal is received by the end of this period, the support contribution will be levied effective from the date of employment.

3. Employees may submit a declaration of refusal or revoke an existing declaration of refusal at any time. The corresponding notification must be sent in writing to the competent payroll office. In this case, the contribution will no longer be levied starting from the month following the declaration of refusal, or will be levied starting from the month following the revocation, as applicable.

1. Payment of support contributions shall be made to the State Treasury. The Treasury forwards these payments to the umbrella association of public service personnel of the Canton of Fribourg, to the account specified by the association.

1. The declarations of refusal and consent are processed exclusively by the personnel responsible for the administration of state personnel salaries. Access to the relevant data is granted only to those individuals who, by virtue of their function, have access to the payroll management software.

1. The Office for Personnel and Organization shall provide all affected personnel with the documents pursuant to Article 4 no later than the beginning of March 2007. Employees may return the declaration of refusal to the address specified in the documents within two weeks. If no declaration of refusal is received after this period, the support contribution will be retroactively levied from January 1, 2007.

1. This regulation shall enter into force on January 1, 2007.