All employees are insured against unemployment. If you lose your job, you can receive financial assistance for a period of time. To do this, you must register with a regional employment centre (REC). The RECs advise unemployed people and help them find jobs.
All employees must contribute to unemployment insurance (UI). Each month, part of the employee’s salary is deducted to pay the UI. That’s half of the contribution. The employer pays the other half.
If you lose your job, you receive unemployment benefits from an unemployment fund. The amount of unemployment benefits depends on various criteria.
Are you self-employed?
Then you can’t take out unemployment insurance.
Are you going to lose your job? Have you lost your job? Then register with the nearest Office régional de placement (ORP) (Regional Employment Centre (REC)) as soon as possible.
Register online on Jobroom.
Tip: Register as soon as you know you are going to lose your job. No later than the first day of unemployment.
The REC will give you information and support you.
The Office régional de placement (ORP) (Regional Employment Centre (REC)) will advise you and help you find a job quickly.
If you receive unemployment benefits, you have to go to interviews. This is mandatory.
The REC also offers training and employment courses or programmes. Some are mandatory and some are not, depending on your personal circumstances.
Not worked in Switzerland yet? And you’re looking for a job?
You can register for the REC. You will be given tips on how to write your CV, for example. But you will not receive unemployment benefits.
