Hire employees in
Switzerland, hassle-free
Hire employees in Switzerland, hassle-free
With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in Switzerland. No more worrying about local laws, complex tax systems, or managing international payroll. Deel takes care of everything in 150+ countries.
The average onboarding time frame in Switzerland is 3 days with Deel.
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Currency
Swiss Franc CHF

Capital
Bern
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Official Language
German, French, Italian & Romansh
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Payroll Cycle
Monthly
Hire employees in Switzerland. No entity needed.
Usually, to hire in Switzerland, your business needs an entity. That means a local office, an address registered as a subsidiary, and an account with a local bank. All of this, plus navigating regional benefits, payroll, tax, and HR laws, can take months.
Switzerland also treats contractors differently than full-time employees, so misclassifying a contractor could lead to fines. Deel lets you hire employees in Switzerland quickly, easily, and compliantly. We even automate tax document collection, payroll, benefits, and more.
All the necessary benefits for Switzerland
built right in
Deel allows you to provide localized benefits for employees in Switzerland within minutes. All in one manageable online dashboard.
- Daily Sickness Benefits Insurance
- Pension Fund
- Social Security
- Work Accident Insurance
Our quickstart guide to hiring in Switzerland
Navigate the tabs below to learn everything you need to know about hiring an employee in Switzerland
Individual Income Tax
The individual income tax ranges from 1% to 24%. Income tax is calculated according to progressive rates, location (canton) of the employee. Multiple additional factors may impact overall rates such as the household status and the number of children.
Employer Cost
The employer cost is generally estimated between 11-20% of the employee salary. The variation will depend on the canton, age, salary, and multiple conditions.
- Retirement Capital and Disability insurance - 5.3%
- Unemployment insurance - 0.5%
- Pension fund - 7%
- Total Annual Pension Cost - CHF 4,300.95
- Work Accident Insurance - 1.8%
- Sickness Insurance - CHF 85.90
- Total Annual Sickness insurance - CHF 1,030.80
Overtime Pay & Maximum Hours
Standard working hours are 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week. The standard workweek is from Monday to Friday. The standard workweek can vary from 38.5 to 42.5 hours.
Overtime payment is not mandatory and may be included in the salary, depending on what's agreed in the employment contract. Employees can work a maximum of 45-50 hours of overtime. For additional hours, employees can be paid:
- 125% of the hourly rate, up to 45 hours per week for industrial sector employees, office workers, technical employees, and sales staff.
- 125% of the hourly rate, up to 50 hours per week for other sectors.
Maternity Leave
Pregnant employees who have worked for 270 consecutive days are entitled to 14 weeks (16 weeks in the Canton of Geneva) of paid leave. Eight weeks must be taken after the child's birth. The employee will receive 80% of the salary during this period, capped at CHF 196 per day, and Social Security will be responsible for this pay. The employee can extend leave additional 14 days unpaid.
Paternity Leave
Employees who have worked for 270 consecutive days are entitled to 10 working days of paid paternity leave. Leave must be taken within six months after the child's birth. The employee will receive 80% of the salary during this period, capped at CHF 196 per day, and Social Security will be responsible for this pay.
The employee can request to extend leave, and it will depend on the employer's discretion.
Parental Leave
In Switzerland, no law covers parental leave. However, employees may be entitled to maternity leave and paternity leave.
Sick Leave
Employees are entitled to paid sick leave for up to 730 days in a 900 day period. The employee will receive 80% of the wage paid by the employer. Employers commonly have benefits insurance schemes to cover the payment.
Termination Requirements
Terminations in Switzerland can be complex and depend on the contract term and what's agreed on between the parties.
Compliant terminations include:
- Voluntarily by the employee
- By mutual agreement
- Unilaterally by the employer based on:
- Probation period
- Objective grounds
- Disciplinary dismissal
- Performance of the employee
- By the expiration of the contract
Uncompliant terminations include:
- Fixed-term employment contracts before the end date.
- Termination while the employee is ill or had an accident, they will be protected according to the length of the service:
- 30 days during the first year of service
- 90 days from the second to the fifth year
- 180 days from the sixth year
The employer must wait until the employee returns to work before leaving in all these cases. However, the employee can terminate their contract during the protection period.
Notice Period
The minimum notice period is 30 days and will be increased according to the length of the employment.
- 30 days if the length of service is one year
- 60 days if the length of service is between the second and the ninth year
- 90 days if the length of service is more than ten years.
During the probation, the notice is seven calendar days.
Severance for Employees
In Switzerland, there are no statutory requirements for severance payments for employees under 50 or who have more than 20 years of seniority. During the notice period, the employee will receive standard salary wages.
Paid Time Off
Full-time employees are entitled to 20 working days of paid time off (PTO) a year. PTO accrues monthly 1.66 days per month. Leave for part-time employees will be calculated with the number of weekly worked hours. Employees that are 19 years or younger are entitled to 25 working days of PTO.
Public Holidays
Switzerland celebrates both 7 national and 6 regional holidays based on the canton (member states) of the employee. National public holidays include:
- New Year's Day
- Good Friday
- Easter Monday
- Labor Day
- Ascension Day
- Whit Monday
- Corpus Christi
Onboarding
Onboarding takes 3 business days.
Employment Contract Details
Contracts can be in German or bilingual. They must be in writing and signed by both parties.
A contract must include:
- Name
- Start date
- Length of the employment
- Job description
- Termination conditions
- Benefits insurance
Probation Period
Hiring in Switzerland, hassle-free
With Deel, your business can easily hire employees in Switzerland. No more worrying about local laws, complex tax systems, or managing
international payroll. Deel takes care of everything in 150+ countries.
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Management fee
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