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Working in Switzerland - Leave: Sickness, maternity

Contents:
Introduction

Moving to Switzerland
Registration Procedures
Moving Goods
Moving Financial Assets
Cars, Driving & Licences
Finding Accommodation
Finding a School
Moving Checklist

Living in Switzerland
The System
Incomes & Taxes
Cost of Living
Accommodation
Cultural & Social Life
Educational System
Private Life
Transport
The Health System

Social Security
Social Security in Europe
E forms: General Overview
General Organisation
Sickness Insurance
Family Insurance
Old Age Pensions
EU Health Card
Unemployment Benefits

Working in Switzerland
Finding a Job
Applications
Recognition of Qualifications
Kinds of Employment
Employment Contracts
Remuneration
Working Time
Vocational Training
Leave
End of Employment
Special Categories
Self-employment
Representation of Workers
Work Disputes
End of Employment
Fixed-term employment contracts, which are concluded for a period specified by the two parties (employer and employee), end on the final day of the agreed period without the need to give notice. If a contract is renewed by tacit consent after the end of the agreed period, it is deemed to have become an open-ended contract. Indefinite contracts of this kind may be terminated by either party provided that the period of notice is observed. The party giving notice must state the reasons for this decision in writing if so required by the other party. In addition, employers and employees may agree at any time to end their employment contract. In this case, the employment contract is deemed to have been terminated by mutual agreement (by a ‘cancellation contract’).

During the probationary period, either party can terminate the contract at any time subject to seven days’ notice. Exceptions are possible provided they are agreed on in a written agreement, a standard contract or a collective labour agreement, but the probationary period must not exceed three months. After the probationary period, an employment contract may be terminated with effect from the end of any month, subject to one month’s notice in the first year of service, two months’ notice from the second to the ninth years of service inclusive and three months’ notice thereafter. These periods may be amended by a written agreement, a standard contract or a collective labour agreement.

Special provisions apply if an employment contract ends on account of retirement. The normal retirement age is 65 for men and 64 for women. Persons reaching these ages are entitled to an old age pension (AHV/AVS). The flexible retirement system allows people to retire one or two years early or to continue working for an additional one to five years. Early retirement carries the penalty of a reduced pension for the duration of one’s retirement, whereas a higher pension is payable in the event of deferred retirement. To qualify for a full pension, men must have 44 years and women 43 years of contributions.

To supplement the old age pension (1st pillar), an occupational benefit scheme (2nd pillar) must guarantee those insured an income equivalent to 60% of their final insured pay. An optional ‘linked’ individual benefit scheme (3rd pillar) can be obtained by taking out a life insurance policy, additional insurance policies or through a savings plan.

Text last edited on: 04/2008

Source: European Union
© European Communities, 1995-2008
Reproduction is authorised.

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