working conditions in switzerland

Working conditions

Usual working time in Switzerland: 42 hours per week.
Holidays: At least 4 weeks per year.
The following days are general holidays: 1st and 2nd of January, Good Friday, Easter, Easter Monday, Pentecost Monday, 1st of August, 25th and 26th of December. Most of the cantons have some additional holidays.
It depends on your contract if overtime is disbursed or can be compensated.
Look at our salary section which salary you can expect.
The following information must be written in your work contract: salary, weekly working time, holidays, organisation of overtime.

Get information about work- and residence permits for

The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO provides information about your rights and your duties if you are working in Switzerland (only in German, French and Italian).
Swiss Labour Law (only in German, French and Italian).
Your rights if you are pregnant (only in German and French).
Unia, Switzerland’s inter-professional trade union.
networking-for-jobs is a platform helping Swiss expats and third country citizens with a higher education finding a job in Switzerland.
Travailler-en-Suisse.ch provides information about working in Switzerland (French only).
www.aufenthalter.ch, www.grenzinfo.de: Several webpages with information about working in Switzerland. Addresses mainly to Germans and border crossers living in Germany (German only).
jobs.myScience.ch, the job portal for scientists, researchers and academics in Switzerland