Staff members can be required to work on the public holidays but working time on public holidays may not exceed the maximum working time of 10 hours. Furthermore, a staff must be provided with a day-in-lieu within 8 weeks of the public holiday.
The following public holidays in Switzerland must be taken into account:
April 21 (Easter Monday) : Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lucerne, Sion, St. Gallen, Thun, Zurich
May 1 (Labour Day): Basel, Zurich
May 29 (Ascension Day) : Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lucerne, Sion, St. Gallen, Thun, Zurich
June 9 (Whit Monday) : Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lucerne, Sion, St. Gallen, Thun, Zurich
June 19 (Corpus Christi) : Lucerne, Sion, St. Gallen
August 1 (Swiss National Day) : Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lucerne, Sion, St. Gallen, Thun, Zurich