Staff-leasing and placement licences from SECO and other regulated-activity permits, including the deposits, guarantees and conditions each approval carries.
Our Company Formation servicesSome Swiss activities need a permit beyond the commercial-register entry, and staff leasing is the common one. Hiring out workers (Personalverleih) or running a private placement agency requires a licence under the Recruitment and Hiring of Services Act (AVG): the cantonal labour office grants it, and SECO adds a federal licence wherever the activity crosses the border. The licence carries conditions, including a qualified responsible person, a clean commercial-register entry, and for cross-border work a security deposit.
These permits sit where company formation meets regulated activity, and they are easy to overlook until a client contract depends on one. The guides here set out who needs a staff-leasing or placement licence, the cantonal-and-federal split, and the deposits and conditions each approval carries.
When a private placement or staff-leasing business needs a Swiss licence under the AVG, the cantonal versus SECO split, the conditions and the security deposit.
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