Recruitment, salaries, contracts, social contributions and retention: find essential guidance on becoming an employer and managing your team.
The essentials to understand before and after your first employee joins.
Obligations, insurance, salaries and procedures: prepare each step of hiring.
Identify the rules for setting and paying remuneration.
Organise the documents governing the role and employment relationship.
Hiring someone changes how a business is organised. You must clarify your needs, formalise the employment relationship, calculate pay, arrange insurance and meet social obligations.
This section organises our guides around the employee lifecycle: recruitment, contract, payroll, onboarding, organisation, motivation and retention. It helps SME owners anticipate procedures and issues needing attention.
Go directly to the HR step you need to prepare.
Organise your needs, selection and the employee’s arrival.
Understand remuneration, deductions and documents.
Formalise the relationship and identify applicable rules.
Build an organisation people want to stay with.
This section is prepared under the responsibility of Romain Prieur, Swiss certified public accountant. It connects recruitment, payroll and social obligations to the practical realities of Swiss SMEs.
Explore our latest analyses and explanations, ordered from newest to oldest.
Prepare a Swiss SME recruitment process: define the role and full cost, compare candidates, check references and organise the first month of onboarding.
Set up an advisory board for a Swiss SME: define its mandate, choose members, clarify liability and confidentiality, and organise useful meetings.
Draft a Swiss employment contract with clear terms on pay, hours, holidays, probation and notice. Includes example clauses and an employer checklist.
Calculate the cost of hiring in Switzerland: gross salary, employer contributions, pension costs and hourly budget, with Geneva and Vaud settings.
Estimate your Swiss net salary from gross pay, age and payroll deductions. Add cantonal withholding tax using 2026 tables and review the assumptions.
Salary calculations, social contribution returns and certificates: ensure reliable payroll while you focus on your team.
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