Home office work is again recommended wherever possible by the government. But the legal and practical realities of teleworking are not so clear. According to the Swiss Employer’s Association, there is no right to home working in Switzerland. This means that an employee who decides to work from home without their employer’s permission runs the risk of sanctions. Even during the height of the pandemic, workers belonging to the most vulnerable groups could theoretically have been obliged to turn up at their place of work.
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