Chapter 4: Work Permits For International Remote Work Global Mobility: A Step-By-Step Guide To Setting Up Remote Work

In the first sections of our step-by-step guide to remote work, we first explained the various forms of remote work and then addressed the associated tax and social security issues.

The following section deals with the work permit aspects of remote work. Here, too, it is necessary to distinguish between the basic forms of remote work. As already described in sections 2 and 3, these are, in essence:

1. Remote work with predominant activity at the foreign place of residence

In this case, for example, a Swiss company hires an employee who primarily and continuously works "remotely" at a foreign place of residence. The employee receives an employment contract with the Swiss company that is adapted to foreign law. In general, the employee only comes to Switzerland for a few working days per month and otherwise works from a home office abroad.