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Long-form articles to read online: for consultants discovering payrolling, and for companies working with an external expert.
15.09.2026
Legal framework · Consultants
"Portage salarial" is not a concept of Swiss law: no statute defines it. What the law regulates is staff leasing, where a licensed employer places a worker at the disposal of a company that directs their work. This article explains where the line is drawn, and how to check that an arrangement respects it.
Read the guide30.09.2026
Pay · Consultants
Your client pays an invoice; from it, the employer draws your gross salary, its own contributions and its fees. From the gross salary, it deducts your social contributions and, if you are liable to it, withholding tax: what remains is your net salary.
Read the guide30.09.2026
Getting started · Consultants
Five steps lie between finding an assignment and your first salary: a simulation, the assignment description by your client, two written contracts, your online registration, then your first month. All you provide is a CV and an identity document.
Read the guide30.09.2026
Companies
Go through a licensed staff leasing provider: it employs the consultant, you direct their work, and two written contracts govern the relationship. Before signing, check the provider's licence and the full cost.
Read the guide08.10.2026
International · Consultants
When your employer has no establishment in Switzerland, nobody deducts your social insurance contributions from your salary. It is up to you to register, declare your income and pay the employer's share on top of your own. This status has a name: ANobAG. Here is what it involves, and how to organise it.
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