Employer of Record
Switzerland recognises only one nationwide public holiday — 1 August — while each canton adds its own extra holidays and sets many other employment details locally. Any Swiss hire must also be registered for mandatory AHV/IV/EO social insurance from day one. Sign up to confirm the arrangement for your hire, and we'll coordinate the contract, payroll and that registration around it.
Practical points to line up before you hire in Switzerland.
Swiss payroll typically runs monthly, and employers issue each employee an annual salary certificate summarizing gross pay, benefits and deductions — accurate record-keeping from day one supports that documentation.
Source:Salary certificate
Registering a Swiss hire for old-age, disability and income-compensation insurance (AHV/IV/EO) is mandatory, with contributions shared between employer and employee alongside Switzerland's other required social insurances.
Employees are entitled to a minimum paid annual leave each year under federal rules, while public holidays are set canton by canton rather than on one national calendar — leave terms should be clear in the contract from the start.
Ending employment in Switzerland involves notice periods that generally lengthen with service, protected periods when notice can't be given, and any applicable collective-agreement or cantonal rules — plan an orderly, well-documented exit.
Source:Termination or dismissal
Once your hire is confirmed, here's what we help you coordinate.
You stay in control of the decisions that are yours to make.
A straightforward path from sign-up to your employee's first day.
Share the role, the work location and your target start date, and we'll confirm the available arrangement for that hire.
Once confirmed, we help coordinate the information, contract and payroll setup needed within your arrangement.
You manage the day-to-day relationship; we help coordinate the recurring administration within your arrangement.
No — Switzerland has only one nationwide public holiday, 1 August (Swiss National Day). Each canton then sets its own additional public holidays, up to eight more, so the actual list your employee gets depends on their canton. Confirm the canton-specific calendar when you set up the hire.
Yes — Switzerland is one of the countries selectable when you start an Employer of Record hire with PIO. Sign up to confirm the arrangement for your specific role, and we'll help coordinate the contract, payroll setup and social insurance registration that go with it.
Contributions to the AHV/IV/EO scheme total 10.6% of salary, split evenly between employer and employee at 5.3% each, on top of a separate unemployment-insurance contribution. The obligation to contribute starts from 1 January of the year after the employee turns 17, and it applies to every Swiss hire regardless of nationality.
Employers must issue every employee a salary certificate each year, usually before the end of January, and employees don't have to request it. It's the document employees need for their tax return, and in several cantons employers also send a copy directly to the cantonal tax authority.
Source:Salary certificate
Yes, once probation has ended. An employee who can't work due to illness or accident is protected from dismissal for 30 days in the first year of employment, 90 days from the second through fifth year, and 180 days from the sixth year onward — the same protection applies during pregnancy and for 16 weeks after the birth.
Source:Termination or dismissal
Practical guidance is grounded in these official references, but local law and public requirements can change and should be reconfirmed. Your PIO contract and quote govern only PIO's service scope, terms and fees.
Sign up to start an EOR hire in Switzerland. Share the role, the work location and your target start date, and we'll confirm the available arrangement — or book a demo first to talk it through with our team.
