Minimum period of employment before international assignment to Switzerland
Before an employee can be assigned to Switzerland by an entity abroad or transferred on a local contract, he or she must have been employed by the entity abroad for a certain period of time. The cantons require different minimum periods of employment. In the canton of Zurich, for example, a highly qualified employee for […]
Posting of third-country nationals for family reunification
If an EU/EFTA citizen takes up a job in Switzerland with an unlimited Swiss employment contract and a workload of at least 12.5 hours per week, it is possible to apply for family reunification for the spouse/partner with third-country nationality. It is also possible to apply for a Swiss residence permit for the spouse/partner in […]
Assignments to Switzerland
All assignees to Switzerland, no matter how long they work here, have to have an adequate Swiss salary. So, if a kitchen maker comes for half a day to repair a kitchen in Basel or an expat for 4 years to Zürich, both have to earn an adequate Swiss salary during they are working in […]
Postings to Switzerland are expected to be less costly from beginning of the year 2020
Beginning of 2019 the Swiss immigration was revised. Various regulations, based on this law, are still under revision. An important change in these regulations concerns postings / assignments to Switzerland. The necessary takeover of travel, accommodation and meals should in future only be legally necessary for the first year of a posting / assignment to […]
Expatriation to Switzerland from Non-EU/EFTA: 12 months previous employment required
Employees coming from outside EU/EFTA, being expatriated to Switzerland, need to have 12 months previous employment at the legal entity outside EU/EFTA. If they are employed at a legal entity in EU/EFTA only one month of previous employment is required. The 12 months requirement for outside EU/EFTA comes from the GATS agreement, which is valid […]
Too late registration of posted workers in Switzerland
The 8-day preregistration deadline must be adhered to when an EU / EFTA based company is reporting on the work activities, in Switzerland, of a posted worker/s using the 90-days per posting company. When the deadline is not met the assignment/s must be postponed. Otherwise, the company can be sanctioned for a reporting offense. A […]
Increased control of foreign workers assigned from abroad
Foreign postings of employees to Switzerland will continue to be increasingly controlled. The controls are to be increased by 30% in 2017, from 27,000 to 35,000. The Swiss Federal Council is currently considering further enhancements which are aimed at ensuring sufficient levels of control. Starting in 2016 the parliament has already increased fines for violations […]