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Social Insurance Law

We support you in social insurance law — from occupational pension plans and payroll services to the enforcement of legal claims.
We take care of

Your questions about social insurance law.

Setup, contribution matters and permits

With our expertise, we support SMEs in Central Switzerland and from abroad with the setup of social insurance schemes. Our lawyers advise you together with our fiduciary specialists in the legal field of occupational pension provision. We plan, optimize and structure social-insurance-related matters, including contribution and affiliation questions, support you with cross-border employment relationships, including social insurance, withholding taxes, payroll and permits, and arrange expatriate assignments. We also advise you on insurance coverage, the use of freelancers, including the distinction between self-employed and employed status, and the enforcement of benefit claims.

Our payroll services

We support and relieve you in your payroll processing and take care of employment law and contractual matters, social insurance, cross-border commuter permits, withholding and wage taxes, salary statements and employee shares.

  • Would you prefer to invest the time you spend on payroll accounting and payroll administration more profitably in your daily business?
  • Do you want to be able to rely on all legal and personal framework conditions being implemented correctly?
  • Would you like the legal framework conditions to also be considered and assessed, depending on the situation, when dealing with employee-related matters?

Then we understand your concerns and offer fast and uncomplicated solutions for your payroll accounting. Whether abroad or in Switzerland, we are happy to support you. We can take over individual tasks or the entire payroll process. You decide how and to what extent we support you. Of course, you have permanent access to your data.

Our experienced team of payroll experts is complemented by our lawyers. We implement changes in laws and regulations on time and support you comprehensively with employee onboarding and departures, as well as any legal clarifications that may arise from them. Questions relating to social insurance, withholding tax and year-end processing are also part of our support services. You can rely on payroll accounting tasks being completed to the highest quality standards, in full legal compliance, on time and efficiently.

Advice, planning and enforcement of legal claims

Our lawyers advise private individuals in cases of interruption of employment due to illness or accident, questions relating to disability, the founding of their own company, or retirement due to health or age-related reasons.

 

Let us take the burden off your shoulders—with the help of your social security law experts.

Social Insurance Law

Questions & Answers

Supplementary benefits are intended to cover living expenses. When an application is submitted, the applicant’s countable income, necessary expenses, and assets are reviewed. Countable income also includes income and assets that the applicant has waived. A gift or an advance on an inheritance received within the last five years can therefore backfire. Such a waiver of assets is taken into account for the applicant, with the exception of an annual allowance of CHF 10,000.00. Larger one-time gift amounts are spread out over the years for calculation purposes. Due to the redistribution of assets, support from relatives may also become an issue.

This matter is governed by law. The Federal Office of Public Health compiles the so-called List of Specialties (SL), which lists brand-name drugs and generic drugs, including their costs. Basic insurance covers the cost of a medication if it is listed on this Specialities List, has been prescribed by a doctor, and is used within the scope of its approved indications. It is important to note that the Specialities List is exhaustive; that is, if a product is not listed, the cost of the medication is not covered by basic insurance. If preparations are manufactured in the pharmacy as part of compounding, basic insurance covers the costs provided the preparation was prescribed by a doctor and its active and excipient ingredients are listed in the Drug List with Tariff (ALT). The deductible still applies.

Finally, basic insurance also covers the costs of medications on the list of medications for congenital conditions (GGML) that individuals require due to their congenital condition and that are not covered by disability insurance.

The decision from the unemployment insurance fund, which specifies the suspension dates, may be appealed within 30 days. Please refer to the information on legal remedies included in the decision. This section specifies the office to which the appeal must be submitted. The appeal must include a statement of claim and a statement of grounds. We would be happy to advise you on the appeal process.

Social Insurance Law in Lucerne

Your social insurance law attorney

Meet our social security law team. To provide you with comprehensive advice, we take an interdisciplinary approach and maintain constant communication.

We particularly value the professional exchange within our team—this allows us to combine our expertise in social security law, diverse perspectives, and years of experience to deliver clear, efficient, and legally sound solutions.

Together, we achieve the best possible results for our clients.

Reto von Glutz

Reto von Glutz

lic. iur., attorney-at-law, Certified Specialist SBA Construction and Real Estate Law
Cornelia Hess

Cornelia Hess

Payroll, Social Insurance Law, Fiduciary work