Since 17 March 2025, companies and self-employed service providers from the EU, EFTA and the United Kingdom will be able to use the online reporting platform EasyGov.swiss. This solution replaces the previous procedure and enables a much more efficient and user-friendly processing of labour assignments in Switzerland.
Under the Agreement on the Free Movement of Persons (AFMP), companies and self-employed persons from the EU/EFTA can provide their services in Switzerland for up to 90 working days per year – a notification is sufficient, no authorisation is required. The 90-day limit applies to both the company and the persons employed. A permit is required for longer assignments, although there is no entitlement to this.
A notification is also sufficient for employment in Switzerland with a maximum contract duration of three months. If the employment relationship lasts longer, a residence or cross-border commuter permit is required.
To use the registration procedure, an account must be opened once and a company identification number (UID) applied for. It can take up to 14 days to get the UID. Work assignments must be reported at least eight days in advance, or at the latest the day before in the case of short-term employment. The cantonal authorities at the place of employment check the notifications and are available to answer any questions.
The notification procedure applies to the following groups of persons with employment of up to 90 working days per calendar year:
- EU/EFTA nationals with a job in Switzerland limited to three months.
- Posted employees of a company based in the EU/EFTA (regardless of their nationality). Third-country nationals must have been in possession of a residence card for at least 12 months
- Self-employed service providers based in an EU/EFTA member state.
Important: Self-employed service providers must register themselves. In the case of posted workers and EU/EFTA nationals taking up employment in Switzerland, this is the responsibility of the employer.
Click here to go to the EasyGov online portal.
Sources: State Secretariat for Migration, IHK Hochrhein-Bodensee (in German)
