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CONVINUS Global Mobility Alert 33.2026

CONVINUS provides comprehensive global mobility alerts and newsletters covering international workforce management, immigration updates, and cross-border employment regulations. These resources deliver timely insights on visa requirements, tax implications, and compliance matters affecting multinational organizations and their mobile employees across various jurisdictions.

Switzerland Employment

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Swiss Non-EU Work Permits: Can Quotas Delay Your Start Date?

A business may want a non-EU/EFTA candidate or assignee in Switzerland by a fixed date, but the Swiss immigration timetable does not run from contract signature. For quota-sensitive cases, employers should work backwards from the correct route, quota position, competent canton, evidence package, approval sequence and any visa or registration step.

Switzerland Immigration

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Richmond Chambers Immigration Barristers

Streitpunkt Ferien

Die Sommerzeit bringt nicht nur Ferien, sondern oft auch Diskussionen zwischen Arbeitgebenden und Arbeitnehmenden über Ferienansprüche. Dr. Urs Marti klärt die wichtigsten rechtlichen Regelungen rund um Ferienplanung, Feriensperren, Krankheit während der Ferien und den Umgang mit Ferienguthaben auf.

Switzerland Employment

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Kellerhals Carrard

CONVINUS Global Mobility Alert 25.2026

Weekly global mobility alert covering immigration reforms in Estonia, Philippines work permit centralization, and Qatar's Qatarization developments for June 2026.

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Swiss Federal Supreme Court Upholds The Municipal Minimum Wage Regulations In The Cities Of Zurich And Winterthur

Switzerland Employment

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Bär & Karrer

Swiss Work Permit Refused: Should You Appeal, Refile Or Restructure?

Switzerland Immigration

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Richmond Chambers Immigration Barristers

Swiss Retirement Residence For Non-EU Nationals: Why Personal Ties Matter

Switzerland Employment

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Richmond Chambers Immigration Barristers

Hiring A Non-EU/EFTA Employee In Switzerland: What Must Employers Prove?

Switzerland Immigration

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Richmond Chambers Immigration Barristers

CONVINUS Global Mobility Alert 20.2026

Worldwide Immigration

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CONVINUS

The Challenges Of Field Service Assignments: Part 3 - Legal Aspects For Field Service Employees

Worldwide Employment

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CONVINUS

CONVINUS Global Mobility Alert 16.2026

Worldwide Immigration

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CONVINUS

Carve-Out Transactions: Particularities Under Swiss Law

Switzerland Commercial

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Bär & Karrer

CONVINUS Global Mobility Alert 15.2026

Switzerland Immigration

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CONVINUS

Geneva: Occasional Professional Activities Carried Out During School Or University Holidays Now Exempt From The Geneva Cantonal Minimum Wage

Switzerland Employment

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Lenz & Staehelin

CONVINUS Global Mobility Alert 30 - July 2026

Switzerland Employment

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Swiss Federal Supreme Court Clarifies The Limits Of Gift Taxation For Share Transfers Below Fair Market Value Under Shareholders’ Agreements

Switzerland Commercial

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Bär & Karrer

New Act On The Transparency Of Legal Persons (TLPA): Entry Into Force On 1 October 2026

Switzerland Commercial

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Kellerhals Carrard

Commentary On Art. 9 Of The Swiss Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA)

Switzerland Commercial

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Bär & Karrer

Swiss Parliament Modernizes Debt Enforcement System And Introduces Two New Debt Restructuring Proceedings For Individuals

Switzerland Insolvency

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Advestra AG

CONVINUS Global Mobility Alert 9.2026

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has updated the Express Entry category-based selection process for 2026, introducing new priority categories and revising existing ones.

Worldwide Immigration

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CONVINUS

Monthly Special - Case Study: De Facto Employees On An Installation Project In Switzerland

The French company Atelier Lumière Sàrl specialises in the design and installation of high-quality lighting systems for museums and exhibition spaces.

Switzerland Employment

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CONVINUS

CONVINUS Global Mobility Alert 8.2026

The Chinese government has tightened enforcement of average wage standards for work permit applications nationwide.

Worldwide Immigration

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CONVINUS

CONVINUS Global Mobility Insights NEWSLETTER Winter 2025 / 2026

Die Wichtigkeit dieses Themas ergibt sich daraus, dass die Volksrepublik China der drittwichtigste Handelspartner der Schweiz ist und eine...

Worldwide Immigration

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CONVINUS

Part 3: Budget & Costs For International Employee Assignments Direct Costs: Budgeting And Typical Cost Drivers

Switzerland Employment

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CONVINUS

Part 4: Budget & Costs For International Employee Assignments The Indirect And Hidden Costs Of International Assignments: Implementation, Correction

Switzerland Employment

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Part 2: Budget & Costs For International Employee Assignments: Assignment Packages And Benefits – Which Models Work Well In Practice And How Exceptio

Switzerland Employment

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Labour and Employment Comparative Guide

Switzerland Employment

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BMG Avocats

CONVINUS Global Mobility Alert 2.2026

Switzerland Immigration

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Legislative And Regulatory Updates For 2026

Switzerland Finance

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Borel & Barbey

Targeting Swiss Pension Funds: How Sponsors Can Market To And Onboard Swiss Pension Funds - Volume 2

Switzerland Wealth Mgt

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Loyens & Loeff

Intra-Company Transfer In Switzerland – Aspects Of Work Authorization

Switzerland Employment

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CONVINUS

Payroll Set-up: Challenges With Short-term Project Assignments

Switzerland Employment

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CONVINUS Global Mobility Insights NEWSLETTER Herbst / Fall 2025

Switzerland Immigration

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Targeting Swiss Pension Funds: How Sponsors Can Market To And Onboard Swiss Pension Funds - Volume 2

Given the size of the Swiss pension fund market, it presents a highly attractive opportunity for non-Swiss fund sponsors – especially as Swiss pension funds increasingly seek international diversification.

Switzerland Wealth Mgt

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Loyens & Loeff

Intra-Company Transfer In Switzerland – Aspects Of Work Authorization

Our business operations are often characterized by intra-company transfers.

Switzerland Employment

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CONVINUS

Payroll Set-up: Challenges With Short-term Project Assignments

Short-term project assignments have become an integral part of modern working structures in an increasingly dynamic and ad hoc business environment.

Switzerland Employment

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CONVINUS Global Mobility Insights NEWSLETTER Herbst / Fall 2025

Ein konzerninterner Transfer in die Schweiz kann zum einen als Entsendung und zum anderen als Transfer mit einer lokalen Anstellung vorgenommen werden. Hier spielen die arbeits...

Switzerland Immigration

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Payroll Challenges For Short-Term Assignments

European Union Employment

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Employment Law – Landmark Judgements Of The Swiss Federal Supreme Court In 2024

This article provides an overview of the most relevant employment law judgments handed down by the Swiss Federal Supreme Court in 2024.

Switzerland Employment

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Altenburger

Part 4 – New International Assignment Models Increase Tax Complexity

In the past, things were often straightforward. An employee was assigned abroad for two or three years, typically with their family.

Switzerland Tax

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CONVINUS

Non-Compete Clauses With Financial Compensation

In a recent ruling (4A_5/2025 of 26 June 2025), the Swiss Federal Supreme Court addressed whether an employer may unilaterally waive a non-compete clause with financial compensation...

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Borel & Barbey

CONVINUS Global Mobility Alert - Week 37.2025

The Gabonese president signed a decree introducing quotas for the employment of foreigners, with upper limits set in relation to the number of Gabonese workers, depending on the occupational group.

Worldwide Immigration

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Senior Executives In Cross-Border Relations Between Switzerland And Germany

Switzerland Tax

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RSM Switzerland

Part 1: Hybrid Work In An International Context - Why HR And Payroll Need To Take A Closer Look

Switzerland Employment

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CONVINUS

Social Security And Tax Law Challenges Of Working On A Project Abroad

Switzerland Employment

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CONVINUS

CONVINUS Global Mobility Alert - Week 35.2025

Worldwide Immigration

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CONVINUS

FSC 1C_665/2024 Of 3 July 2025: Reclaiming Overpaid Salaries

Switzerland Employment

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Pestalozzi Attorneys at Law

Legal Challenges In Strengthening US Business Through The Use Of Employees From Switzerland

Worldwide Immigration

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CONVINUS

Project-based Assignments In Switzerland: What Type Of Work Permit Is Required?

Switzerland Immigration

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CONVINUS

Project-based Employee Assignments Abroad

Switzerland Immigration

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Short-time Work In Response To The New US-Tariffs

Switzerland Employment

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MME

The Necessity Of The A1 Or Certificate Of Coverage For Assignments Abroad From Switzerland

Switzerland Immigration

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CONVINUS

Swiss Residence Permit For Workers From Non-EU/EFTA Countries – What Employers Need To Know

Switzerland Employment

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LINDEMANNLAW

Schulthess Forum - Berufliche Vorsorge 2025

Switzerland Employment

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Bär & Karrer

Swiss Federal Supreme Court Clarifies That Agreed Compensation For A Post-contractual Non-compete Obligation Cannot Unilaterally Be Terminated By The Employer If This Has Not Been Contractually Agreed

Switzerland Employment

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Bär & Karrer

Night And Sunday Work – Law And Practice

Switzerland Employment

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MME

CONVINUS Global Mobility Alert - Week 28.2025

Worldwide Immigration

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CONVINUS

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