Employment law governs the rights and obligations of employees and employers. The following are important:

• The Swiss Federal Statute on Employment (Arbeitsgesetz) (general health and safety at work, hours of work, hours of rest, young people, pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers)
• The Swiss Code of Obligations (Obligationenrecht) (individual employment contract, collective work agreement, standard employment contract)
• The Swiss Accident Insurance Act (Unfallversicherungsgesetz) (health and safety at work)

The same provisions of employment law apply to all foreign nationals working in Switzerland as to their Swiss colleagues.