New Gender Pay Gap Requirements

Switzerland has joined the growing list of jurisdictions to introduce legislation to address the gender pay gap.

Effective July 1, 2020, employers with 100 or more employees (including part-time and hourly employees) will be required to conduct an internal gender pay gap analysis every four years until June 30, 2032. Affected employers will be required to complete their first internal analysis by June 30, 2021.

If the requirement to carry out the analysis is the stick, the carrot is that where an employer's analysis demonstrates that pay equity has been achieved, they are no longer required to conduct further analyses. The Swiss government provides employers with a free tool for conducting the analyses, which can be found here.