Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Switzerland as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Switzerland: Annual human rights reporting requirements
HR Principals should ensure that their company is meeting annual human rights reporting requirements by the end of this year …
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Switzerland: Women’s retirement age to be voted on once more
The Swiss will vote on 25th September 2022 in a referendum on the reform package “Pensions 21” …
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Switzerland: Two-weeks adoption leave
A federal right to two-weeks adoption leave is likely to come into force on 1st January next year …
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Switzerland: New cross-border double taxation agreement between Switzerland and Italy
A new double taxation agreement will, if ratified, come into force for frontier workers next January …
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Switzerland: Swiss trade union demands shorter work week
The country’s largest trade union “Unia” has developed a campaign to press for lower working hours, with protection for lower paid workers …
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Switzerland: Croatian workers eligible to full free movement rights in 2022
Croatian nationals will achieve full freedom of movement rights across Swiss borders in line with other EU workers with effect from 1st January 2022 …
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Switzerland: Credit Suisse observation activities – FINMA identifies serious breaches of supervisory law
The financial regulator Finma has continued to adversely comment on a case of executive surveillance that began five years ago …
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Switzerland: New social security treaty approved by Federal Council
The Swiss Federal Council has now approved a new social security agreement with the UK …
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Switzerland: Credit Suisse extends time-off benefits for Swiss staff
The country’s second largest bank, Credit Suisse, is introducing more time off for parental leave and childcare support and a sabbatical for senior managers …
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Switzerland: Covid certificate not as simple as it seems for Swiss abroad
Swiss Citizens living outside the European Union who have been vaccinated with AstraZeneca may not obtain a COVID-19 certificate in Switzerland …
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Switzerland: Agreement on a “crisis collective labor agreement” at Swissport at Geneva airport
The fallout from the global lockdown has had a huge impact on the airline industry, including services to airport operations …
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Switzerland: UBS to let most staff adopt hybrid working
The Swiss banking giant UBS has determined that two-thirds of its 73,000 staff will, in future, operate permanently on a hybrid work basis …
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Switzerland: Business trips within EEA/Switzerland
Companies wishing to send their employees to other EEA countries on short business trips have long assumed that they can do so without having to comply with lengthy and sometimes complex posting rules …
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Switzerland: Allianz extends paternity leave from 2 to 8 weeks
Currently, under Swiss legislation, fathers are permitted two weeks paternity leave on the birth of their child …
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Switzerland: Employment protection
If a permanent employment contract is established with an initial minimum term then the incumbent is still subject to protection until the end of that term …
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