Payroll

More than just paying salaries


New laws, new compensation models and special issues like the agreement between Switzerland and the EU on the free movement of persons are among the constant changes a company's human resources staff have to contend with. Only companies with sufficient flexibility and targeted deployment of resources will be able to secure their position and strengthen it over the long term.

The challenges you face

  • You want to focus more on your core competencies
  • You want to optimise your payroll processes without losing important personnel data
  • Security and data confidentiality are high on your agenda
  • You want to ensure accurate payroll management for staff temporarily posted abroad or foreign staff working in Switzerland
  • You want to be constantly informed on legislative changes and their specific repercussions for hiring and payroll accounting in your organisation
  • You strongly favour a holistic approach to personnel administration and social insurance, including pension plans, pay-as-you-earn taxes, other taxes, labour law, employment contracts and regulations

How PwC can support you

Our range of services encompasses all areas of your payroll and personnel administration. From analysis, consulting and interim support to complete outsourcing of certain processes, we can give you reliable and professional support tailored to your needs:

  • Practical management of payroll and personnel administration
  • Designing and drafting employment regulations, training regulations and expense regulations
  • Salary reviews/risk and optimisation analyses
  • Managing shadow payrolls and expatriate salaries
  • Advice on international social insurance and pay-as-you-earn taxes
  • Advice on salary certificates
  • Advice on social insurance policies in general and on founding companies
  • Advice on employees whose employer is not subject to contributions in Switzerland
  • Monitoring tax and social security contributions for staff on short-term foreign assignments
  • Implementing ABACUS HR and payroll programmes
  • International payroll outsourcing: co-ordination and implementation
  • Structural and administrative support in setting up operations in Switzerland – our Pathfinder Service™