Social Security for Posted Workers - Non-contracting States (English version)

Federal Department of Home Affairs FDHA Federal Social Insurance Office FSIO International Affairs

Social Security for Posted Workers

Non-contracting States

January 2024

Who should read this brochure?

This brochure is aimed at workers posted (expatriates) between Switzerland and:

• countries with whom Switzerland has not concluded a social security agreement 1;

• Iceland, if the worker is not a Swiss, Icelandic, Norwegian or Liechtenstein national;

• Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland or Romania, if the worker is not a Swiss national or has citizenship of an EU Member State.

This brochure does not concern workers posted between Switzerland and:

• EU Member States if the worker is a Swiss national or a citizen of an EU Member State. See brochure: “Social Security of Posted Workers – EU and EFTA Member States”;

• Norway, Liechtenstein or Iceland, if the worker is a Swiss, Norwegian, Liechtenstein or Icelandic national. See brochure: “Social Security of Posted Workers – EU and EFTA Member States”;

• other States with which Switzerland has concluded a social security agreement. See brochure: “Social Security of Posted Workers – Contracting States (outside EU/EFTA)”.

Switzerland has concluded social security agreements with the following countries: Albania, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada (incl. Quebec), Chile, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, UK, Uruguay, the United States