While other European countries such as Germany, Spain, Italy and France have become less attractive to immigrants, Switzerland is the only European country to improve its ranking in the top 10 of the Global Talent Study 2020. Switzerland gained one rank, overtaking France to become the seventh most popular country for employees from abroad.
Switzerland's attractiveness as a country for employees is not surprising: wages and purchasing power are high and the taxation on the income of natural persons is moderate. At the same time, the Swiss economy needs specialists, and the coronavirus pandemic in particular, has shown how critical the shortage of specialized workforce is in certain areas.
Switzerland is also attractive for employers because it has one of the most liberal employment laws in the world. The purpose of this article is to draw attention to three selected features of Swiss employment law that should ideally be considered before signing a Swiss employment contract.
1. Extensive freedom to terminate employment contracts
Simply put, in Swiss employment law the principle prevails that a dismissal is always permitted unless it is exceptionally prohibited and therefore void (e.g. after the probation period if issued during blocking periods such as pregnancy and 16 weeks thereafter, and during certain periods of illness and accident). However, there is no absolute freedom of dismissal in Switzerland either. For example, statutory minimum notice periods are set which...
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