The world of work has changed fundamentally in recent years. Mobile working, remote working, new working time models, occupational benefits, employee share ownership, secondments, employee transfers, restructuring measures, contract drafting - these and other topics confront your company with demanding challenges in terms of employment law. You may therefore count on the many years of experience of our extensive network of experts in Switzerland and abroad. We keep an eye on the big picture for you and also assist you with related issues such as social security, taxes or immigration law.
General advice on employment law
We’ll advise and support you in all areas of individual, collective and public employment law. These include the following topics in particular:
Individual employment law
- Calculation and payment of holiday leave
- Continued payment of salary in the event of illness, accident etc.
- Support with internal investigations related to discrimination and conflicts in the workplace
- Employee data protection and confidentiality (processing and storage of employ-ee data, monitoring of employees etc.)
- Termination of employment (advice in connection with dismissal and redundancy, applicability and enforcement of non-competition clauses, negotiation and formu-lation of severance agreements, drafting of employer’s references etc.).
- Consultation in connection with the Equality Act
- Support with legal matters relating to equal pay analysis
Collective employment law
- Identification of applicable collective bargaining agreements and advice on their inter-pretation as well as implementation of regulations in the company
- Support with negotiation and formulation of collective employment contracts
Public employment law
- Working hours (work time recording)
- Occupational health and safety
Compliance with employment law
- Audit of domestic and foreign companies for compliance with employment, social secu-rity and tax regulations and preparation of HR compliance reports
- Advice in connection with the legal requirements designed to counteract excessive re-muneration at listed companies
Preparation and review of employment contracts and regulations
Employment contracts
On your behalf, we’ll draw up customised employment contracts for both base person-nel and management, check the legal conformity of existing contracts and support you in the implementation of new contractual terms.
Employment policies
We’ll draft employment policies for you, such as personnel regulations, policies on working hours, working from home etc. and check the legal conformity of existing policies.
Bonuses / Employee participation
We’ll support you in the creation and implementation of bonus and employee participation schemes.
Employer permits
We’ll obtain the necessary permits for you as required under employment law, such as permits for Sunday work, night work or personnel leasing.
Restructuring, mass redundancies and social plans
We’ll guide you through the implementation of mass redundancies and take over the legal preparation of social plans. We’ll keep you informed about your obligations and risks as an employer in the event of mass redundancies and will support you in the negotiation of social plans. We’ll also advise you on the transfer of employees for the purposes of internal restructuring.
Staff leasing and international assignments
We’ll support you in the structuring of personnel/assignment relationships and will draw up rental agreements and model employment contracts for temporary and assignment work. In addition, we’ll help you to obtain staff permit applications and assess any risks to you from possible bogus self-employment.
In the context of international employee assignments, we’ll evaluate the best contractual model and draw up secondment, split and service contracts between the assigning company and the hirer. In the case of work assignments for employees of foreign companies in Switzerland, we’ll advise you in the area of accompanying measures and support you in complying with minimum wage regulations. We’ll also clarify immigration issues for you.
Working from home and remote working
We’ll support you in ensuring compliance with employment law when introducing flexible and innovative work models such as cross-border work, transnational matrix structures and working from home (New Ways of Work) and will draw up the necessary policies for you.
HR training
We conduct HR training in a great many areas of employment law, tailored to your needs and target groups, and pass on our experience in employment law to your HR staff.
Advantages for you
Our many years of expertise at national and international level
A holistic service offering covering all issues related to employment law
