The flexible, open labor market is one of Switzerland’s most important advantages as a location – and not least because it ensures a significantly higher employment rate than in many other countries. Staff leasing is a key part of this, as for many people it serves as a springboard into permanent employment, whilst others use it as a flexible framework that they can control. Wages and employment conditions are more than equal to those found in permanent employment. International statistics also show that the higher the level of staff leasing in a country, the smaller the informal economy.
So that staff leasing can continue to cover flexwork requirements within a fair framework, its flexibility must not be further restricted at either federal or cantonal level. swissstaffing is particularly opposed to quotas, prohibitions, and standard working contracts for staff leasing.
Instead, the rather tight corset in place today should be loosened in a few places. The requirement for staff leasing contracts to be concluded in writing should therefore be abolished or re-interpreted, and simple digital alternatives permitted. The Swiss Federal Law on Employment Recruitment should allow staff leasing companies to use deviations from set working hours. This also requires labor law to adopt a more flexible approach as regards the regulations for working hours and Sunday or night work.
Anyone trying to limit staff leasing is not doing employees any favors: staff leasing offers more than just equal labor conditions, as for many it serves as a springboard into permanent employment, whilst for others it provides the flexible work they are looking for within a framework governed by law and social partnerships.
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