The Swiss government recently passed amendments to the Swiss Code of Obligations (“CO”) and to the Loss of Earnings Compensation Act (“LECA”), granting ten working days of government-paid adoption leave to employees who adopt children under the age of four. The leave entitlement went into effect on 1 January 2023.
Update: Paid leave for parents of seriously sick children entered into effect on 1 July 2021, as expected. The Swiss government passed a new law introducing paid leave for caregivers. The new legislation, which amends the Swiss Code of Obligations […]
Update: The law introducing a paternity leave entitlement of 10 working days of government-paid leave came into force on 1 January 2021. On 27 September 2019, the Swiss parliament passed a new law introducing a paternity leave entitlement of 10 […]