Swiss Employment Law
Information on Employment Law and Contract of Employment
Introduction: Employment Law in Switzerland
Table of Content
The General Aspects of a Contract of Employment
The definition of a contract of employment
Underlying legislation
The statutorily valid conclusion of a contract of employment
Insert: Negotiations for a contract of employment
The Duties of an Employee
Duty to provide labour
Duty of fidelity
The Duties of an Employer
The duty to pay remuneration
Duty of care
Additional Matters concerning a Contract of Employment
The Collective Labour Agreement
Generalities concerning the ‘CLA’
The parties participating in a ‘CLA’
Content
Particular Contracts of Employment
Articles of apprenticeship
Sales representatives contracts
Outsourced Homeworking Contracts
Part time work
Job Sharing
Work on call
The Termination of a Contract of Employment
Ordinary termination with a time period of notice
The extraordinary termination
Further forms of termination
Prohibition of competition with consequential effect
Examples of Contracts of Employment
Excursus: “Tech sector: Termination of employment contract for non-EU/EFTA nationals > right of residence?”
Links to further legal topics
Appointment
Contact
Imprint
Disclaimer
Examples of Contracts of Employment
You can download
model contracts
here:
Contract of Employment – Example 1 (PDF, 18 KB)
Contract of Employment – Example 2 (PDF, 20 KB)
