Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Switzerland as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Switzerland: DTAs with Brazil and Saudi Arabia
New Double Taxation Agreements (DTAs) comes into force between Switzerland and two major trading partners – Brazil and Saudi Arabia on 1st January 2022 …
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Switzerland: Swiss upper house votes to raise pension age for women
Over the next ten years, the proportion of retirees in the country will increase by 50% …
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Switzerland: Paid leave for carergivers as of 2021
Under the new Article 329h of the Code of Obligations (CO), employees in Switzerland are entitled to a paid leave to care for sick or injured family members, or partners …
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Switzerland: Adjustment of the limit amounts in the occupational pension scheme (2021)
Joining an occupational pension plan is mandatory for all Swiss private sector employees …
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Switzerland: COVID-19 Swiss flexible approach of the 25% rule
The agreement on the flexible interpretation of the 25% rule between Switzerland and its neighbouring countries Germany, France, Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein is expected to last until 30th June 2021 …
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Switzerland: Electronic & wet signatures
Employers should take great care when using electronic signatures in connection with employment contracts …
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Switzerland: Changes to the law governing working and rest hours
The Code of Obligations has been amended to classify all business travel time within Swiss territory that exceeds normal commuting time as normal working time …
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Switzerland: Social security rules (Post Brexit)
As the UK is no longer a member of the European Union, employers wishing to post employees to work between the UK and Switzerland are now no longer under the EU Coordination rules, unless their jobs postings commenced prior to 31st December 2020 …
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Switzerland: New paternity leave and allowance
An adjustment (Art 329) to the Code of Obligations, introducing a right to two weeks’ paternity leave, is now in force …
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Switzerland: 2021 work permit quotas unchanged from 2020
The Swiss government has decided to apply the same work permit quotas – 4,500 B (longer term) and 4,000 L (short term) work permits – as in 2020 for non-EEA nationals next year, whilst the special quota for British citizens – 1,400 short-term L Permits and 2,100 long-term B permits – will also remain unchanged …
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Switzerland: Amount of the minimum wage for Geneva (2021)
On 1st November 2020, the Canton of Geneva introduced a minimum wage of CHF23 (US$25 …
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Switzerland: Precautionary measures
A regulation has been introduced at a Federal level concerning the obligation of employees to wear a face mask in all indoor areas …
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Switzerland: Validity of a post-contractual non-competition clause
A long-standing case concerning the validity of a post-contractual non-competition clause in respect to the employee of a coffee-roasting company still rumbles on …
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Switzerland: Swiss to vote on holding multinationals responsible for supply chains
On 29th November 2020, the Swiss population will be asked to vote in a referendum on the “Responsible Business Initiative” …
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Switzerland: Paid paternity leave of two weeks approved by voters
Although the Federal Parliament in 2019 backed a proposal to introduce two weeks’ paid leave for fathers (Switzerland is one of seven OECD member states not offering paid paternity leave), it was not subsequently ratified under the Gender Equality Act due to strong conservative opposition (FedEE reported in May 2020) …
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