Employment & Labour Law 2025

Switzerland

General labour market

Hiring

Vacancies for jobs where the unemployment rate reaches at least 5% are subject to a job registration requirement. Vacancies for such jobs must be reported to the regional employment office and must not be advertised elsewhere for five days. The registration can be done online. The idea is to ensure jobseekers registered with the regional employment office are informed first about vacancies and to better utilise the potential of the domestic workforce. The regional employment office may propose suitable candidates and the employer is required to give feedback.

The list of relevant jobs is updated annually. For 2025, the list is again longer than in the preceding year. While approximately 3% of the workforce worked in jobs that were subject to the job registration requirement in 2024, that quota increased to approximately 6.5% in 2024.¹ The unemployment rate remains at a low level. Finding qualified staff to fill