Commentaries: Art. 8o

The members and substitute members of social policy commissions are entitled to a daily allowance for their commission activities.
The rates listed in Annex 2 Number 1 apply. These apply to the Vice-President and to the other members.¹
The President shall receive a daily allowance of 25 per cent more. In justified exceptional cases, the competent authority may pay the President a maximum of twice the daily allowance. 3bis. If the specific legislation or the establishment order requires a member of a commission to be independent of the industry whose activities fall within the commission’s remit, and if this restricts the member in the exercise of his or her professional activities, the competent authority may: a. increase his or her daily allowance by a maximum of 50 per cent; in the case of the President, a daily allowance that has been increased in accordance with paragraph 3 shall be taken into account; and b. pay the member a lump sum of no more than CHF 30,000 per year in addition to his or her daily allowance; the lump sums paid shall be shown and justified in the report on the general elections in accordance with Article8h paragraph 3.²
If a member is exceptionally required to work outside of meetings and inspections in studying files and reports or preparing papers, the competent authority may pay him or her a maximum of 16 additional daily allowances per year. If an assignment stipulated in the specific legislation requires more time or effort, the competent authority may authorise the payment of more than 16 additional daily allowances in individual cases. If more than the 16 additional daily allowances are paid, this shall be reported and justified in the report on the general elections pursuant to Article8h paragraph 3.³
If a member of the Commission has to leave his or her place of residence on the day before the meeting or is only able to return there on the day after the meeting, the competent authority shall pay him or her half a daily allowance for the day of travel.
It is not permitted to claim several daily allowances for one and the same day, even if several different or separately calculable activities have been carried out.
The rates are not adjusted to take account of inflation.

Amended by No I of the O of 30 June 2010, in force since 1 Aug. 2010 (AS 2010 3175). ↩
Inserted by No I of the O of 27 June 2012 (AS 2012 3819). Amended by No I of the O of 9 Dec. 2016, in force since 1 Jan. 2017 (AS 2016 4813). ↩
Amended by No I of the O of 19 Dec. 2012, in force since 1 Feb. 2013 (AS 2013 7427). ↩

Art. 8o

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