EU/EFTA posted-worker service up to 90 working days — notification

The Agreement on the Free Movement of Persons (AFMP) between Switzerland and the EU is aimed at liberalising the cross-border provision of services (posted workers or self-employed service providers) for up to 90 effective working days per calendar year. All that is required is prior submission of a notification form.

ion procedure (German) How to submit notification forms The following categories of individuals are authorized to work in Switzerland for up to three months or 90 days per calendar year by virtue of the notification procedure: EU/EFTA nationals who have been employed to work in Switzerland by a company based in Switzerland for a period of up to three months Posted workers from a company based in an EU/EFTA member state, regardless of this worker’s citizenship. Third-state nationals, however, must have been admitted permanently in a labour market of an EU/EFTA member state before being sent to Switzerland. Generally speaking, this criterion is deemed to have been met if the individual has held a standard or permanent residence permit in that country for at least twelve months. Self-employed service providers (EU/EFTA nationals) based in an EU/EFTA member state The notification procedure does not apply for all other categories of persons. The notification form is submitted by the employer of posted workers and of EU/EFTA nationals who have found employment in Switzerland. Self-employed service providers must submit this notificati

Companies or self-employed service providers must first create a user profile in the system. Each assignment carried out in Switzerland must be entered into the system at least eight days prior to commencement of work.

The activity of posted workers and self-employed service providers is subject to a notification requirement if the work in Switzerland exceeds eight days within a given calendar year. In the following branches, the activity is always subject to a notification requirement from the first day onwards regardless of the duration of work: Construction and secondary contract work Gardening and landscaping Hotel, restaurant and catering Cleaning in companies and households Monitoring and security services Itinerant trade (exceptions: trade fairs and circuses) Sex industry

For services to be rendered beyond this 90-day threshold, a work permit is required. There is no legal entitlement to this permit, however.