Labor and Employment Law

We advise companies and private individuals in all areas of private and public labor and employment law. Our specialists in this field regularly litigate before the labor court and provide support in the context of out-of-court problem solving.

Our expertise includes specifically the following:

  • Consulting in complex HR cases
  • Review and preparation of all relevant employment-related documents, such as employment contracts and references, severance agreements, etc.
  • Preparation of personnel rules of procedure and operating manuals as well as support in the implementation of changes to the rules of procedure
  • Advice on employee remuneration models and employee share ownership plans
  • Preparation and enforcement of non-competition agreements
  • Staff leasing and placement services provided by employment agencies
  • Advice on corporate restructuring, including assistance with mass redundancies
  • Advice regarding dismissal and release from duties
  • Collective labor law
  • Litigation in labor and employment law (both on the employer as well as the employee side)
Hafner Peter

Peter
Hafner

Partner

Lindenmayer Philipp

Philipp
Lindenmayer

Partner

Müller Stefan

Stefan
Müller

Partner

Scherrer Frank

Frank
Scherrer

Partner

Germann Nathalie

Nathalie
Germann

Senior Associate

Taxer Sabine

Sabine
Taxer

Senior Associate

Boccato Chiara

Chiara
Boccato

Associate

Holderegger Ines

Ines
Holderegger

Associate

Koller Florin Loris

Florin Loris
Koller

Associate

Krzizok Bianca Maria

Bianca Maria
Krzizok

Associate

04.11.2025

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised DeepJudge on its oversubscribed USD 41.2m Series A financing round

04.11.2025

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised mimic robotics on its USD 16m seed financing round

24.10.2025

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised QUMEA on GRO’s strategic investment

16.09.2025

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised the shareholder of SKS Rehab on its merger with Roltec and integration into Eqwal Group

05.09.2025

Deal: Wenger Vieli supported 3i on the sale of its participation in MAIT

26.08.2025

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised Frutiger on its participation in Blumer Lehmann

16.07.2025

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised the shareholders of Mobile in Time on the sale to Aggreko

25.06.2025

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised the shareholders of Invariant Labs on its sale to Snyk

19.02.2025

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised RoomPriceGenie on its USD 75m investment from Five Elms Capital

18.11.2024

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised Almer Technologies on its acquisition by RealWear

15.11.2024

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised Truffle Capital on Wyden’s USD 16.9m Series B funding round

24.07.2024

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised NetFabric.ai on its USD $2.2m Pre-Seed Funding Round

18.03.2024

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised Basellandschaftliche Kantonalbank on obtaining a licence as fund manage-ment company for its subsidiary

07.03.2024

Deal: Wenger Vieli Advised redalpine on its Investment in dropz

22.02.2024

Deal: Wenger Vieli Advised Quickmail and Quickpac on its Business Sale to Planzer

12.04.2023

Deal: TriNetX acquires Clinerion through a strategic partnership with Norstella

31.03.2023

Deal: Shop Apotheke Europe and Galenica enter into stra­te­gic partnership

15.11.2022

Wenger Vieli advised the lead investor Redalpine Opportunity Fund on the closing of Carvolution's Series D Financing Round

25.10.2022

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised CONET Tech­no­logies on the acquisition of emineo Group

05.10.2022

Deal: Verium AG, Zurich, closes Verium I SCSp continuation vehicle for Toradex and MiT at CHF 120 million

28.09.2022

DEAL: Wenger Vieli advised the share­holders of MENU Technologies in a cross-border transaction

26.09.2022

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised CTsystems on its sale to Datwyler

23.08.2022

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised Kontron AG on the sale of significant parts of Kontron's IT Services business

20.06.2022

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised BLKB on obtaining a FINMA banking licence for its subsidiary radicant

14.06.2022

Deal: Wenger Vieli advised Serpentine Ventures on obtaining its FINMA license

01.06.2022

Deal: Wenger Vieli advises TOFWERK on its strategic partnership with Bruker

02.05.2022

Deal: F10 secures funding round and management buy-in

27.04.2022

Deal: NLS Pharmaceutics closes of a USD 4.4m registered direct offering

10.03.2022

Deal: Acquisition of Artmyn by Invaluable

05.10.2021

Deal: Sale of TestingTime Group to Norstat AS

13.08.2021

Deal: Advisor to Atlas Antibodies

Publication

Grenzüberschreitende Homeoffice-Tätigkeiten, in: WEKA Newsletter 03, 2025

Labor and Employment Law, Taxation Bächli Bruno, Doswald Joël, Taxer Sabine
06.03.2025
DE
Insights

Understanding Switzerland's Sports Law: Gov­er­nance, Li­a­bil­i­ty, and Key Reg­u­lations

Corporate and Commercial Law, Labor and Employment Law, Taxation, Technology and Media
 Keller Claudia, Wiki Michelle, Vangehr Kevin, Taxer Sabine, Eggler Patric
16.09.2024
Publication

Entsendung in die Schweiz (inkl. Meldeverfahren), in: WEKA Newsletter 04, 2024

Labor and Employment Law Müller Stefan, Taxer Sabine
04.07.2024
DE
Insights

Navigating Football Transfers in Switzerland: More Than Just a Game

Corporate and Commercial Law, Labor and Employment Law, Taxation, Technology and Media
 Keller Claudia, Vangehr Kevin, Wiki Michelle, Eggler Patric, Taxer Sabine
02.02.2024
Publication

Neue Arbeitsformen: Freelancer, Crowdworking etc., in: WEKA Newsletter 03, 2023

Labor and Employment Law Müller Stefan, Taxer Sabine
04.06.2023
DE
Publication

Die vertrauensärztliche Untersuchung

Labor and Employment Law
04.10.2022
DE
Publication

WEKA Arbeitsrecht - Das Arbeitszeugnis

Labor and Employment Law Taxer Sabine
15.11.2021
DE
Publication / Guidelines

How to do Business in Switzerland

Banks and Financial Service Providers, Corporate and Commercial Law, Labor and Employment Law, Construction and Real Estate, Financing, Taxation Hünerwadel Andreas, Bächli Bruno, Honold Pascal
01.07.2021
EN
Publication

Homeoffice – Ausgewählte Rechtsfragen

Labor and Employment Law Müller Stefan
01.04.2021
DE
Publication / Spotlights

Änderung der Arbeits- und Ruhezeitbestimmungen

Labor and Employment Law Müller Stefan, Taxer Sabine
06.11.2020
DE
Publication

Fragen im Bewerbungsgespräch

Labor and Employment Law Taxer Sabine
01.04.2020
DE
Publication

US Nationals Traveling to and Working in Switzerland

Labor and Employment Law, Migration Müller Stefan
02.03.2020
EN
Publication / Spotlights

Brexit – Immigration Update for Switzerland

Labor and Employment Law, Migration Müller Stefan, Taxer Sabine
18.02.2020
EN
Publication

Immigration & Nationality Law News - Fall Issue 2019

Labor and Employment Law, Migration Müller Stefan
14.10.2019
EN
Publication

Überwachung am Arbeitsplatz

Labor and Employment Law
13.08.2019
DE
Publication

Orderly Brexit or "No Deal" Brexit / Implications on Immigration of UK Nationals to Switzerland

Labor and Employment Law, Migration Taxer Sabine, Müller Stefan
25.06.2019
EN
Publication / Guidelines

Workplace Monitoring

Labor and Employment Law
11.04.2019
DEEN
Publication

Is Innovation the New Driver for the Movement of International Workforce?

Labor and Employment Law, Migration Müller Stefan
04.12.2018
EN
Publication

Immigration & Nationality Law News - Spring Issue 2018

Labor and Employment Law, Migration Müller Stefan
16.05.2018
EN
Publication / Guidelines

Das Arbeitszeugnis - Eine Kurzanleitung für die Praxis

Das Arbeitszeugnis ist oft Gegenstand von (gerichtlichen) Auseinandersetzungen, weil das Interesse des Arbeitsnehmers an seinem beruflichen Fortkommen mit der Wahrheitspflicht des Arbeitgebers kollidieren kann. Die vorliegenden Guidelines... Labor and Employment Law
10.04.2018
DE
Publication / Guidelines

Die ordentliche Kündigung – im Zweifel missbräuchlich?

Das Bundesgericht bestätigte im November 2014 die Missbräuchlickeit einer Kündigung eines 59-jährigen Arbeitnehmers mit elf Dienstjahren. Die Missbräuchlichkeit wurde dabei vorwiegend im Umstand erblickt, dass der Arbeitnehmer 59 Jahre alt war und... Labor and Employment Law
10.04.2018
DE
Publication / Guidelines

Arbeitsrecht und Compliance

Arbeitsrecht hat viele Facetten. Gewisse Themen haben sich in der Beratung und vor Gerichten zu regelrechten Dauerbrennern entwickelt, andere tauchen neu auf am Horizont. Wir greifen an dieser Stelle vier Themen heraus: Arbeitszeiterfassung... Labor and Employment Law Mráz Michael
10.04.2018
DE
Publication / Spotlights

Die neue Stellenmeldepflicht

Labor and Employment Law Müller Stefan
09.04.2018
DE
Publication

Immigration & Nationality Law News - Winter Issue 2017/2018

Labor and Employment Law, Migration Müller Stefan
19.01.2018
EN
Publication

Meritas: European Guide to International Mobility

Erschienen 2017 bei Meritas Labor and Employment Law Müller Stefan
19.05.2017
EN
Publication

The Refugee Crisis: Europe's Moment of Truth

Published in ABA Section of International Law - Immigration & Naturalization Committee Newsletter, p. 7-10 Labor and Employment Law, Migration Müller Stefan
24.03.2016
EN
Publication / Spotlights

Änderung der Arbeitszeiterfassung

Labor and Employment Law
04.12.2015
DE
Publication

Die Ausdehnung des Kündigungsschutzes auf ältere Arbeitnehmer

Erschienen in: CH-D Wirtschaft 3/2015 Labor and Employment Law
17.11.2015
DE
Publication / Spotlights

Nackte Tatsachen am Arbeitsplatz – Reputationsrisiko Social Media

Labor and Employment Law, Technology and Media Keller Claudia
12.09.2014
DE
Publication

Meritas Guide to Employee Non-Compete Agreements

Meritas Guide to Employee Non-Compete Agreements - April 2013 Labor and Employment Law
09.04.2013
EN
Publication

Soziale Netzwerke am Arbeitsplatz

Soziale Netzwerke am Arbeitsplatz – Informations- und Meinungsfreiheit ohne Grenzen - Erschienen als Sonderbeilage der CH-D Wirtschaft April 2012 Labor and Employment Law
18.04.2012
DE
Publication / Spotlights

Soziale Medien – Fallstricke für Unternehmen

Labor and Employment Law, Intellectual Property Law, Technology and Media
12.10.2011
DE

The team is able to work on interdisciplinary matters in an efficient way.

Client Testimonial, The Legal 500, 2025/2026

They are very responsive and knowledgeable. Very good value for money and good business instinct.

Client Testimonial, The Legal 500, 2024/2025

First and foremost this is an extremely professional team, with immediate responsiveness and pragmatism when it comes to interfacing with other legal counsel representing (for example) our employees.

Client Testimonial, The Legal 500, 2023/2024