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🇨🇭Switzerland

Employees are entitled to at least four weeks of holiday each year; employees up to age 20 are entitled to at least five weeks.

Statutory paid annual leaveAt least 4 weeks (5 weeks until age 20)Annual-leave context
Comparable 5-day-week equivalent20 daysNormalized comparison value; see method below.
Official sourceVerifiedSwitzerland — ch.ch
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How to make your leave go further

Public-holiday planning

  • Public holidays vary heavily by canton; select the relevant canton rather than relying on a national-only view.
  • Ascension Day and Whit Monday are useful recurring dates in many cantons.
  • Swiss annual leave is set in weeks, with a higher statutory minimum for younger workers.

Legal basis and comparison method

Employees are entitled to at least four weeks of holiday each year; employees up to age 20 are entitled to at least five weeks.

Regional and calendar caveats

The planner combines weekends with supported public-holiday data and can use first-level regional calendars where the dataset provides them. Employer-specific, municipal and sector-specific days can still differ.

Official employment source: Switzerland — ch.ch. Open official guidance ↗

This is a planning aid, not employment-law advice. Entitlement can depend on tenure, work pattern, sector, contract, collective agreement and regional law.

Planner

The planner combines weekends with supported public-holiday data and can use first-level regional calendars where the dataset provides them. Employer-specific, municipal and sector-specific days can still differ.

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