Switzerland

New and Updated

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  International

  Switzerland: Pay and benefits

  Updated to include information on the 2023 thresholds for mandatory pension contributions.

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  International

  Switzerland: Employee rights

  Updated to include information on changes to adoption leave, and to the maximum maternity and paternity benefit rates.

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  International

  Switzerland: Recruitment and selection

  Updated to include additional information on the rules regarding advertising vacancies.

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  International

  Switzerland: Updates - key employment law developments

  Updated to reflect the expected date of the introduction of data protection law reforms.

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  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

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  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.

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  International

  Switzerland: Equal opportunities

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

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  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.