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On March 25, 2020 and March 27, 2020, the Federal Council adopted further measures to combat the economic consequences of the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). This update provides a brief overview and a core summary of the individual measures adopted. This list is not intended to be comprehensive.

Since the adoption by the Federal Council of the Ordinance on Measures to Combat the Coronavirus (COVID-19) of 28 February 2020, the effects on the Swiss economy have become immediately apparent. A number of legal questions have arisen, for instance in relation to reduced working hours compensation and loss of earnings compensation, debt enforcement and bankruptcy law, the law of civil and administrative procedure, general labour law as well as contract law. An assessment of a number of labour law issues is already available in our previous krfacts issue “Labour Law and COVID-19”. This issue will briefly summarise several selected questions regarding the issues mentioned above.

The Swiss Federal Council entered the Ordinance on the Control of Coronavirus (COVID-19) of 28 February 2020 into force and the effects on the Swiss economy were felt immediately. Contractual relations are particularly affected and various questions have arisenin the area of labour law. In addition to the operational measures that are necessary, the most important questions regarding the employment contract are briefly summarised below.