HR Main Topics

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A

Absences – working time and absence management

Addresses – changes to be notified

Ancillary activities

Annual Interview Objectives setting and Feedback

Apprenticeship

Arrival at EPFL

B

Bank – Bank/postal account – opening/changes to be notified

Bank/Public holidays

Benefits to Employee and retirees

Birth – changes to be notified

Bonus – Loyalty/fidelity bonuses

Bonuses – special bonuses

C

CAMIPRO – Access card

Career

Dual Career

Certificates:

Change (of funding source, working hours or unit)

Change of address to be notified

Child benefits

Civilian Service  

Civil status – changes to be announced, change of name, acquisition of the Swiss nationality or C permit

Contracts expiry and extension

D

Departure from EPFL

Dual Career

E

Employee and Manager Holiday Guidelines

Engagement Survey – 2023

EPFL Staff Sports Commission (CSP) only in French

Expiry and extension of contracts

Extension (expiry of contracts)

F

Fidelity/loyalty bonus

H

Hiring of personnel (regular)

Holidays – bank/public holidays

Housing

I

Insurances:

L

Language center

Learning

Leaving EPFL

Leaves: Paid and unpaid leave, special events

Legal issues

Loyalty – fidelity bonus

M

Management of Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) subsidy supplements

Management of working hours and absences

Marriage – changes to be notified

Maternity

Medical certificate

Mortgage loans

N 

Nationality – civil status (changes to be reported, acquisition of the Swiss nationality or C permit)

New salary system (NSS) – documentation

O

Objectives setting, development and appraisal discussions

Occupational and non-occupational accident Insurance (SUVA)

Overtime

P

Paternity leave

Pay slip

Permits (Work permit & Visa)

Personnel files

Pregnancy, maternity protection

Professional path

Public/Bank holidays

PUBLICA – Federal Pension fund (2nd pillar)

R

Remuneration practical information

S

Salary:

Starting at EPFL

SBB passes

Settling in Switzerland

Sickness/accident and long-term absences Process (ALD)

Social charges for PhD student FNS – Annex III

Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) subsidy supplements management

Student assistants (AE), temporary assistants (AT) and construction assistants (AC) – temporary staff

T

Tax deduction

Teleworking

Temporary staff – AE, AC, AT

Temporary Academic Staff regulations
Temporary Non-Academic Staff/Internship regulations

Training offer

V

Vacation, working hours

Visa & Work permit

Visiting Professors / Academic Guests

Vocational education and training

W

Work certificate

Work permit & Visa

Working hours, vacation