Labour Law

Employment law is one of our preferred practice areas, although we also consider ourselves a boutique employment law firm. Firm founder Boris Etter is co-editor and co-author of one of the Swiss standard works on employment law (Stämpflis Handkommentar Arbeitsrecht, ISBN 978-3-7272-3510-8) as well as author of one of the most important legal articles on the Equal Treatment Act (discrimination by sexual harassment according to Art. 4 GlG, SJZ 1/2022, pp. 18-32).

Through his legal blog arbeitsrechtplus.ch, law firm owner Boris Etter keeps abreast of the latest developments in employment law.

We comprehensively represent both employees and employers in private employment law, public personnel law, and Equal Employment Opportunity Act (ETA) matters, including the conduct of employment litigation and administrative proceedings.

Our range of services in employment law includes:

• Private employment law
• Public personnel law
• Equality law (GlG), including internal investigations in cases of discrimination and/or sexual harassment
• Data protection in employment law
• Drafting and revision of employment contracts
• Employment law litigation (including related criminal proceedings)
• Regulation of special forms of work (part-time work, work on call, etc.)
• Preparation of contracts from the sharing economy
• Personnel regulations (employee handbooks, working and flexitime regulations, company car regulations, expense regulations, etc.)
• Home office and related issues
• Bonus / employee participation models
• Occupational health and safety
• Non-competition clauses and their enforcement
• Inventions, designs and works of employees
• Termination of employment relationships
• Advice on termination without notice
• Termination agreements and severance agreements
• mass dismissals
• Employment law issues in connection with restructurings
• Staff leasing
• Outsourcing and insourcing

We also have extensive experience in internal labor law investigations, with or without reference to criminal law. Our expertise in criminal law also enables us to cover complex cases with links to both disciplines.

In the area of employment law, we also cooperate with leading Swiss legal protection insurance companies.

Our firm ensures a high level of availability and continuous personal attention to our clients. We selectively use legal tech tools.