HR interim cover and interim management
HR interim cover, starting within days
HR interim is for companies in Switzerland where the HR manager is away, the HR post is vacant, or a fixed-term project needs doing. An experienced HR professional steps in within days under a mandate with clever hr, takes on the day-to-day HR work and keeps it running, from payroll preparation and contracts to the monthly withholding tax return (Quellensteuer) for employees who hold no permanent residence permit. You book the engagement by the hour at CHF 180 or at a daily rate of CHF 1'440, for as long as you need it. The work ends once your own solution is in place.
Scope
Scope.
Day-to-day HR: payroll preparation, joiners and leavers, employment contracts, the Arbeitszeugnis that every departing employee is entitled to under Swiss law, and correspondence with employees, authorities and insurers
Recruitment support where you need it, in your name and on your behalf: job advertisements, shortlisting applicants, arranging interviews and onboarding the people you take on
Answering day-to-day questions on Swiss employment law and payroll administration, and bringing in your legal adviser when a case needs it
Setting up or tidying HR processes, templates and personnel files, so the handover is clean and easy to follow
One named contact for management and employees throughout the mandate
Documentation the next person can work from, and a proper handover to your internal successor or your new permanent hire
How it works
What to expect.
- First conversation: we go through your situation, what needs covering, how urgent it is and how long you need us. We then put the mandate in writing.
- Handover within a few days: you pass over access, systems and anything still outstanding, and we start
- Day-to-day cover: we keep the HR work moving, keep you informed and settle anything open with you as it comes up
- Handback: we document the processes and where everything stands, then pass it all to your internal successor or your new permanent hire
Who it is for: For companies that need an HR professional at short notice, whether to bridge an absence or for a defined project.
Outcome
What changes for you.
Your HR keeps running without interruption while your HR manager is away or the post is vacant. You gain time to build your own solution at your own pace, and you take back an HR function that is tidy and properly documented. You pay for the time actually worked, without the fixed cost of an additional permanent hire.
Frequently asked questions
HR interim in brief.
What does an HR interim engagement cost?
CHF 180 per hour, with a daily rate of CHF 1'440 for eight hours. We bill the time actually worked. We agree scope and duration in writing before we start, so you can budget the engagement with confidence.
How quickly can someone start, and how long does an engagement run?
Usually within a few days of the first conversation. We start with whatever has a deadline attached: the payroll run, employment contracts, sickness and accident notifications to your insurers, and the monthly withholding tax return. A vacancy or maternity cover typically runs over several months, a defined project over a few weeks. We record the start, the scope and the planned end in writing, and we adjust the monthly hours as your situation develops. The engagement runs on site, remotely or as a mix, depending on how your company works.
How is the engagement set up under Swiss law, and who decides on staff matters?
The engagement is a service mandate with clever hr. The person doing the work remains employed by clever hr and works to a brief we agree with you. Responsibility for that work stays with us. Your company signs no employment contract, carries no notice period and needs no additional registration with the Swiss social insurance system. Decisions about your own people stay with you: hiring, pay and dismissals. Everything we handle is documented as we go, so you can see what happened and when.
Our head office is abroad. Does the interim professional work in English and know the Swiss rules?
Yes. English is our daily working language and we coordinate with your head office. Your interim professional also brings the Swiss expertise that a head office abroad rarely keeps in-house. AHV is the state pension and social insurance scheme that every employer in Switzerland registers with. swissdec is the national standard for sending salary data electronically to the AHV compensation offices (Ausgleichskassen), insurers and tax authorities. A GAV is a collective labour agreement that sets minimum pay and conditions in certain industries, and we check whether one applies to you.
Further reading
30 minutes on your HR.
Book an intro callNo obligation, with the scope and price agreed before work starts.