Switzerland Doing Business 2020

party to terminate 1 redundant worker and a group of 9 redundant
workers; (iii) whether the law requires employer to reassign or
retrain a worker before making worker redundant; (iv) whether
priority rules apply for redundancies and reemployment.
Redundancy rules
(i) notice period for redundancy dismissal; (ii) severance
payments, and (iii) penalties due when terminating a redundant
worker. Data on the availability of unemployment protection for a
worker with one year of employment is also collected.
Redundancy cost
Case study assumptions
To make the data comparable across economies, several assumptions about the worker and the
business are used.
- Is a cashier in a supermarket or grocery store, age 19, with one year of work experience.
- Is a full-time employee.
- Is not a member of the labor union, unless membership is mandatory.
The worker:
- Is a limited liability company (or the equivalent in the economy).
- Operates a supermarket or grocery store in the economy’s largest business city. For 11
economies the data are also collected for the second largest business city.
- Has 60 employees.
- Is subject to collective bargaining agreements if such agreements cover more than 50% of the
food retail sector and they apply even to firms that are not party to them.
- Abides by every law and regulation but does not grant workers more benefits than those
mandated by law, regulation or (if applicable) collective bargaining agreements.
The business:
Switzerland
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Employing Workers - Switzerland
Details – Employing Workers in Switzerland
Answer
Hiring
Fixed-term contracts prohibited for permanent tasks?
No
Maximum length of a single fixed-term contract (months)
120.0
Maximum length of fixed-term contracts, including renewals (months)
120.0
Minimum wage applicable to the worker assumed in the case study (US$/month)
0.0
Ratio of minimum wage to value added per worker
0.0
Maximum length of probationary period (months)
3.0
Working hours
Standard workday
9.0
Maximum number of working days per week
6.0
Premium for night work (% of hourly pay)
25.0
Premium for work on weekly rest day (% of hourly pay)
50.0
Premium for overtime work (% of hourly pay)
25.0
Restrictions on night work?
Yes
Restrictions on weekly holiday?
Yes
Restrictions on overtime work?
No
Paid annual leave for a worker with 1 year of tenure (working days)
20.0
Paid annual leave for a worker with 5 years of tenure (working days)
20.0
Paid annual leave for a worker with 10 years of tenure (working days)
20.0
Paid annual leave (average for workers with 1, 5 and 10 years of tenure, in working days)
20.0