Kernrechtsfrage
Whether article 7 of the 28 March 2007 agreement was void because it allowed the bank to charge internal investigation and indemnification costs to the employee.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The clause was valid; it did not worsen the employee's liability beyond what already followed from employee responsibility rules.
Extrahierte Begründung
The bank could have retained an external fiduciary and recovered those costs as damage under Art. 321e CO. Using internal services at a reasonable hourly rate merely replaced external third-party costs and did not place the employee in a worse position. Art. 321e CO is semi-mandatory, but no unlawful derogation to the employee's detriment was shown.