Swiss Employment Law
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Switzerland vs UK as Business Domicile: A Post-Brexit Comparison
The 2016 Brexit vote and its subsequent implementation through the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement of December 2020 fundamentally altered the calculus of …
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Swiss Employment Law for Zug Employers: Contracts, Notice Periods, and What Foreign Founders Get Wrong
Swiss employment law protects employees more actively than founders from common law jurisdictions typically expect. The notion of at-will employment — standard in the United States and common in variations across Asia — does not exist in Switzerland. Statutory notice periods, protected categories for dismissal, and mandatory social insurance obligations apply regardless of what a contract says.