1. Unemployed Swiss can go to seek work in one of the countries of the EU or EFTA for one period, Three months maximum. During this period, the person will perceive an unemployment benefits by the institution of the home country
2. Unemployed person of a country of the EU or EFTA can also come to seek work in Switzerland during maximum three months. The unemployed person enrolled in the ORP and continues to purchase unemployment daily allowance by his country of origin
3. Qualified State for the Payment of the services

• The basic rule is that the State of last employment is qualified for the granting of the services AC
• For the frontier ones, it is the country of residence which is qualified except for the frontier part-time ones
• The seasonal workers (lasted of use of less than eight month) have the choice to assert their services

• If the policy-holder would not prove a number of sufficient contributions in Switzerland and subject to other conditions (special clause for the holders of a residence permit one duration lower than one year), the unemployment cash can carry out the totalization of the periods of Swiss contributions and countries of the EU or EFTA. It is to be raised that all the conventions passed before with Switzerland except become null that last with Germany (always a party which is in force)
• When a worker has the intention to leave to be established in a country of the EU or EFTA, he has the possibility of asking the unemployment cash (if not enrolled, either at an unemployment cash canton of residence or at a unemployment cash of the canton of the seat of his employer) the European document (PD U1). To allow the unemployment fund or the cantonal authority to fill out the aforementioned document, the person must give to them the certificate of the employer/certificate of the periods of insurance duly filled and signed for period the three last years (exceptions made for certain countries)

For more information, we are happy to provide them.

CPCh

Bilateral agreement I

conditions from 1 June 2002

Bilateral agreement II

conditions from 1 April 2006