The GEM replied to the consultation process on October 31, 2025.
Thus, starting October 23, 2025, employers will be able to report the start or end of gainful employment for an S permit holder via “EasyGov.swiss” or directly to the competent cantonal authority. Submitting the notification allows the gainful employment to begin immediately.
The GEM welcomes this decision, which reduces the administrative burden for companies and facilitates integration into the labor market.
Attached is the fact sheet from the State Secretariat for Migration containing the most important information and changes.
GEM regrets the decisions taken recently and has every confidence in the Federal Council’s efforts to ease tensions. Generally speaking, measures of any kind that run counter to free trade are detrimental to global growth and the competitiveness of the Swiss economy. These events must lead all political, economic and social players to accelerate and deepen their reflection on Switzerland’s competitiveness and attractiveness, which will require, in particular, greater support for innovation and training, an attractive tax policy, efficient infrastructures and a stronger European anchoring.
An in-depth look at the city’s international activities, its assets, its challenges and, above all, its diversity. Art, peace, human rights, economics, science: let’s discover the different facets of international Geneva and overcome our preconceptions about this sector!
Every Monday at 6pm, 9pm and 11pm on Léman Bleu, followed by repeat broadcasts.
Find all the episodes on the programme page.
- Date: 2024-04-15
- Place: FER Genève
- Schedules: 09:00 – 17:00
How can multinationals and SMEs together find opportunities in a calm approach to sustainability?
GEM, in partnership with FER Genève, is organising a sustainability awareness day aimed primarily at SMEs. Are you a subcontractor of a multinational? Are you part of a value chain that requires you to comply with certain standards? Do you want to know what regulations you are subject to and how to turn them into opportunities to transform your business model? Come and benefit from the experience of GEM member multinationals and the knowledge of renowned speakers.
Now that consultations on the draft negotiating mandate have been completed, it is very important for the Federal Council to get down to business quickly.
negotiations. The Open+Sovereign Alliance supports the Federal Council in its chosen path.
Read the press release.
The Federal Council has published the external study on the impact of the European Directive on the Duty of Diligence (CS3D) on Swiss companies and the country’s attractiveness and competitiveness.
Bringing Swiss legislation into line with this directive, taking account of Switzerland’s specific characteristics, will cut red tape for Swiss companies with European operations. It will also enable them to respond favourably to requests from their European partners, who are members of the same value chain, thereby preserving their competitiveness.
This result allows Switzerland, and not third countries, to levy and benefit from the resulting tax differential itself. It is part of an international context that guarantees the companies concerned the legal certainty they need to operate smoothly.,
Interview with Pierre de Pena, Vice-President of the Groupement des entreprises multinationales (GEM), on the June 18 vote.
Legal instability, deterioration of relations, erosion of market access… The consequences of the Federal Council’s decision not to sign the framework agreement between Switzerland and the European Union (EU) are worrying. Business circles are alarmed by the situation and call for this issue to be put back at the center of priorities as a matter of urgency.
By signing this charter, the signatory company undertakes to announce to the OCE all of its vacant positions, in addition to the currently existing legal obligation to announce vacant positions in the types of professions where the rate of national unemployment exceeds 5%. For its part, the OCE undertakes to propose, within 5 working days of receiving the email announcing the vacant position, candidates corresponding to the profiles sought. Ultimately, the employer remains perfectly free to hire or not to hire the candidates proposed by the state. By signing this charter, the company is therefore making a non-binding moral commitment that can be denounced at any time. A list of exceptions (intra-group transfer, trainee, etc.) to be agreed is possible.
For more information: Partnership Charter between the OCE and private employers