Seit dem 1. Januar 2024 regelt das Bundesgesetz über die berufliche Alters-, Hinterlassenen- und Invalidenvorsorge vom 15. Juni 1982 (BVG) in Art. 13a und 13b ausdrücklich die Bedingunge...

A key aspect of international employee assignments is the assessment of the employee's social security status.

In den vergangenen Monaten zeichnet sich u. a. aufgrund der wirtschaftlichen Rahmenbedingungen, welche zu stark reduzierten Einnahmen auf der Anlageseite der Vorsorgeeinrichtungen führen...

The question of whether an employee remains in the Swiss social security system during an assignment abroad or has to be insured in the destination...

The State Secretariat for International Financial Matters (SIF) announces that Switzerland and Italy have reached a temporary agreement.

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

Der Bundesrat hat an seiner Sitzung vom 29. Januar 2025 die Vernehmlassungsvorlage zum Entlastungspaket 27 verabschiedet. Das Vernehmlassungsverfahren dauert bis zum 5. Mai 2025.

Ruth Bloch-Riemer and David Weimann of Bär & Karrer explain why employers' duties and liability exposure in the fields of payroll should not be underestimated.

In addition to the pension fund (2nd pillar), private pension provision (3rd pillar a) is an important pillar of our pension system.

To operate efficiently on the global market, companies often engage workers in several jurisdictions. In order to simplify the process of engaging with these workers, companies...

C'est surtout dans le contexte international que le passage d'un employeur à l'autre entraîne un changement de régime de sécurité sociale et de prévoyance-retraite.

We have taken the entry into force of the new social security agreement between the United Kingdom and Switzerland as an opportunity to examine the deployment of employees...

From January 1, 2025, a new list of occupation types has been issued for the new job registration requirement. This registration requirement has significant implications for employers, the complexities of which are often overlooked.

The UK government announced that citizens of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain will be exempt from visa requirements from June 1, 2022.

2020 brought an unprecedented market disruption: a global pandemic and a subsequent economic downturn. Many companies try to recover from the effects of the (still ongoing)...

Mit dem Brexit sind Einsätze zwischen der Schweiz und Grossbritannien etwas komplexer geworden, da die Regelungen aus dem EU-Freizügigkeitsabkommen seit diesem Zeitpunkt nicht mehr zur Anwendung gelangen konnten.

A Swiss retirement residence permit refusal - sometimes referred to informally as a Swiss retirement visa refusal - can be frustrating because the written reason may look narrow: insufficient financial means, weak personal ties to Switzerland, unclear retirement status, inadequate accommodation or an unfavourable discretionary assessment. In practice, the decisive problem is often cumulative. Before appealing, re-filing or choosing another canton, the first task is to identify what the authority was really saying.

Due to the rapidly increasing number of COVID-19 cases in China, the US has reintroduced mandatory testing for all travelers from mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau from January 5, 2023.

The Swiss M&A market showed meaningful momentum in 2025, with deal activity and volume advancing beyond 2024 – yet tariff shocks and geopolitical uncertainties led to the year still landing slightly below expectations...

The AVS 21 reform and the resulting flexibilization of the retirement age have an impact on occupational benefits law. In addition, a number of recent Federal Court...