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 na- tional 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)”.

1 Switzerland has concluded social security agreements with the following countries: Albania, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bos- nia 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, Lithua- nia, 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

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