Calculate hourly wage vacation compensation
You can use the calculator above to calculate your hourly vacation compensation. However, there are other points to keep in mind:
Hourly workers who expect vacation pay and compensation on public holidays are not always happy in Switzerland. On public holidays, for example, hourly workers do not receive mandatory wage payments - except on the national holiday of August 1. Here, there is a legal obligation to pay wages, but not on all other holidays. Of course, the employer can always arrange for wages to be paid voluntarily.
The situation is different for vacations, hourly wages Vacation compensation is clearly regulated. Since in hourly wages work is exchanged for wages, no compensation is due during vacation periods. For this there is a Hourly wage vacation compensation of at least 8.33%, to compensate for holidays not taken. Public holidays are not automatically covered and must be arranged separately (if paid).
Here, however, one must now be a little more precise. According to Art. 329d para. 2 CO
May vacations not be compensated by cash benefits. Therefore, if the vacation was never taken, the employer must compensate the employee for it upon termination of the employment relationship. again remunerate.
Exception: In the case of irregular employment and part-time employees, holidays may be compensated, in which case the hourly holiday pay must be listed separately in the individual employment contract.
Example of holiday allowance calculation:
With an hourly wage of CHF 41.67 (based on CHF 7,000 monthly salary, 42 hours/week, with 13th monthly salary), this results in
With 4 weeks holiday: 8.33% surcharge = + CHF 3.47 per hour → Effective hourly wage CHF 45.14
With 5 weeks holiday: 10.64% supplement = + CHF 4.43 per hour → Effective hourly wage CHF 46.10
With 6 weeks holiday: 13.04% supplement = + CHF 5.43 per hour → Effective hourly wage CHF 47.10
To avoid discussions, it is recommended that the vacation allowance is not paid on an ongoing basis, but only when the vacation is actually taken. The listing on the pay slip should nevertheless contain the calculation of the vacation allowance on a monthly basis.
By the way, if you want to calculate the AHV contributions for hourly wage earners, you can find helpful online calculators from most cantons. Here is the link to the AHV calculator of the SVA Zurich.
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Permanent position Monthly salary 8100 /Working hours per week 41 hours / (calculated without 13th month's salary) Holidays 5 weeks
Change to hourly wage:
45.59 CHF gross hourly wage, + 10.64% holiday pay + 4.42% public holiday pay = 52.455 CHF
39.48 CHF net hourly wage + 10.64% holiday pay + 4.42 % public holiday pay = 45,420 CHF
My question is: Which approach do you take, the gross or the net hourly wage?
(Which rate is multiplied by the hours worked and then the AHV and ALV etc. are deducted?)
Thank you for your answer.
Hello Eric
Why do you use the incorrect formula in the FAQ
Hourly wage x number of working hours per week x 4 = monthly wage
If a month has an average of 4.3333 weeks, the formula in the FAQ
Hourly wage x number of working hours per week x 4.3333 = monthly wage
should read. The rest of the article is otherwise correct.
Update: Formulas in the article and calculator are now corrected. Thanks for the hint!
Hello Eric
I have a net hourly wage of 45.00, how do I calculate the gross wage? AHV + holiday allowance 8.33 %
Thank you for your answer
Hello Heidy,
The easiest way is probably to look at your payslip.
Otherwise you could use a gross/net calculator backwards. You can find other suitable calculators via Google.
Dear greetings
Eric
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2 questions:
a) We calculate the year 2023 for hourly-paid employees in the pension fund. Now we need to determine the degree of employment. Are the hours worked set in relation to the gross or net annual hours for the calculation of the BG?
b) Are daily sickness benefits received also to be taken into account when determining the annual hours and converted into hours?
Thank you for your feedback
Hello
Had a gross salary of 6800.-fr
I still have 128 rest days too few and 142 hours of overtime to calculate.
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I have hired my employee on an hourly wage (for administrative reasons, changing working hours etc.) but she should not have any disadvantages compared to a monthly wage. Is the calculated hourly wage the so-called basic hourly wage, to which I have to add the 13th and holidays or is this already included in the calculation? Thank you very much for your answer.
Kind regards
Nina Baumann, Flora di Berna
Hello Nina
The hourly wage calculator is based on the annual salary. Depending on whether you have fixed this at 12 or 13 parts, it is converted to the month 🙂
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Can you help me with my example?
Case: Employment on an hourly wage. Let us assume that Mr. Mustermann earns 50.-/hour.
With a working week of 45 hours.
How do you get the net value if you want to include 20 days' holiday and a 13th month's pay?
I look forward to their reply, thank you very much!
Hello Franziska
here is another good one Wage calculator. I hope it helps you at least partially!