Switzerland

New and updated

• Type:

  International

  Switzerland: Employee rights

  Updated to include information on changes to an employer's obligations with regard to homeworking during the pandemic and the introduction of extended maternity leave and care leave for employees whose child is seriously impaired in health.

• Type:

  International

  Switzerland: Termination of employment

  Updated to include information on the expansion of protection against dismissal to include periods of extended maternity leave and leave to care for a sick child.

• Type:

  International

  Switzerland: Pay and benefits

  Enhanced to include additional information on family allowances.

• Type:

  International

  Switzerland: Contracts of employment

  Updated to include additional information on requirements relating to employment contracts, including their signature and language, and practice concerning written contracts.

• Type:

  International

  Switzerland: Equal opportunities

  Updated to include additional information on the requirement for employers to conduct a wage equality analysis.

• Type:

  International

  Switzerland: Updates - key employment law developments

  Updated to include information on the introduction of leave to care for a sick child.

• Type:

  International

  Switzerland: Recruitment and selection

  Updated to include information on the right of UK nationals to live and work in Switzerland following the end of the Brexit transition period on 31 December 2020.

• Type:

  International

  Switzerland: Useful online resources

  Enhanced to include information on official data services.

• Type:

  International

  Switzerland: Useful contacts - legal service providers

  Information on legal service providers for Switzerland employment law.

• Type:

  International

  Switzerland: Industrial relations

  An employment law guide to industrial relations in Switzerland, covering trade unions, collective bargaining and agreements, informing and consulting employees, informing and consulting prior to redundancies, informing and consulting prior to transfers, and industrial action.