Swiss Employment Law – Selected Hot Topics II (English)

Success factor

This practice-oriented one-day workshop in Swiss Employment Law is designed for non-Swiss HR professionals. It is conducted in English and will provide the participants with the most relevant information on some hot topics of Swiss Employment Law, its particularities, the deviations from the law in other jurisdictions, court cases and pitfalls for HR professionals. Coming from other jurisdictions, international HR professionals are often not familiar with the particularities of the Swiss Employment Law system, and soon notice that Swiss law differs significantly from the law in other jurisdictions. Working in HR in a Swiss company it is paramount to know the law and the practice of the labour courts.

Key contents

This practice-oriented workshop will focus on these topics:

• Court proceedings in employment matters
• Termination with immediate effect
• Duty of care of the employer (in particular cases of burnout)
• Garden leave
• Termination of elderly employees
• Home-Office

Your benefit

• The objective of this interactive and practical training is to provide the participants a solid understanding of some of the most important employment law topics in the life of an HR professional.
• The seminar will provide the participants the skills to answer legal questions in their respective organizations.
• The workshop will be very practical with many small cases from the day to day practice of the lecturer.

Participants

• Foreign HR professionals and members of the management who deal with Swiss Employment law issues.
• Maximum number of participants: 12