Switzerland Laws
Nebenkosten in Switzerland: What Landlords Can and Cannot Bill Tenants
How Swiss law limits Nebenkosten charges to what was agreed in the lease, and how to review a landlord's accounting.
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Switzerland Laws
Missbräuchliche Kündigung: Abusive Dismissal Under Swiss Law
Swiss law lets employers end a job for almost any reason. Art. 336 to 336b OR: abuse grounds, the compensation cap, and the deadline that decides most claims.
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Switzerland Laws
Protected Periods (Sperrfrist) in Swiss Employment: Art. 336c OR
The Art. 336c OR Sperrfrist bands for illness, pregnancy and service, and why a notice given during one is void while an earlier notice is only paused.
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Switzerland Laws
Switzerland Employment Notice Periods: Art. 335c OR Explained
How Swiss notice periods work under Art. 335c OR, including the service year rule that trips up both employers and employees most often.
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Switzerland Laws
Arbeitszeugnis: Your Right to a Job Reference Under Swiss Law
Art. 330a OR gives every Swiss employee a right to a job reference. The qualified versus simple Arbeitszeugnis, the benevolence standard, and fixing a bad one.
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Switzerland Laws
Swiss Employment Law: Arbeitsrecht Guide for Employees and Employers
An orientation to Swiss employment law: broad freedom to terminate, abuse only limits, and no reinstatement remedy, with links to the full cluster.
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Netherlands Laws
Ontslag op Staande Voet 2026: Summary Dismissal in the Netherlands
Summary dismissal in the Netherlands (ontslag op staande voet): the three cumulative requirements of artikel 7:677 lid 1 BW, the dringende redenen a to l, the two month deadline and the WW consequence.
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Netherlands Laws
Dutch Sick Pay 2026: Loondoorbetaling bij Ziekte and the Ziektewet
Dutch sick pay in 2026: the 70 percent and 104 weeks of artikel 7:629 BW, the 52 week minimum wage floor, the loonsanctie third year, and who falls under the UWV Ziektewet instead.
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Netherlands Laws
Dutch Severance Pay 2026: Transitievergoeding Formula and Cap
Dutch severance pay 2026: the artikel 7:673 BW formula, the EUR 102,000 cap or twelve months' loon where higher, what counts as loon, worked examples.
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Netherlands Laws
Vaststellingsovereenkomst 2026: the Dutch Settlement Agreement, Bedenktijd and WW
The Dutch settlement agreement in 2026: the fourteen day bedenktijd in artikel 7:670b BW, the director exception, and the two WW articles that decide when a WW-uitkering starts.
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Netherlands Laws
Employment Law in the Netherlands (Arbeidsrecht): Dismissal, Notice, Severance and the Courts
A map of Dutch employment law in 2026: why there is no at-will dismissal, the nine grounds in artikel 7:669 BW, the UWV and kantonrechter routes, notice periods, the transitievergoeding and the bedenktijd.
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Netherlands Laws
Dutch Notice Periods (Opzegtermijn) 2026: Artikel 7:672 BW and a Checker
Dutch notice periods in 2026: the artikel 7:672 BW employer scale of one to four months, the one month employee term, the UWV deduction, and what irregular notice costs.
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