Irène Suter-Sieber

Irène Suter-Sieber

Partner
Dr. iur., Attorney at Law, Certified Specialist SBA Employment Law

Location

Zurich

Contact

Direct phone: +41 58 658 56 60
irene.suter@walderwyss.com

Curriculum Vitae

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Irène Suter-Sieber is an employment law partner and member of the Management Board (Hiring Partner) at Walder Wyss.

She has extensive experience in representing clients in court in employment law related civil proceedings. She advises Swiss and international companies on all aspects of employment law, in particular, in the drafting of employment contracts, personnel regulations and employee participation programmes, in executive compensation matters, in the enforcement of restrictive covenants, terminations, restructurings such as transfers of undertakings and mass dismissals, international employee transfers, personnel lease as well as employment-related internal investigations, social security and data protection issues.

After completing her studies of law at the University of Zurich (lic. iur. 2006) and her piano studies at the Zurich School of Music (Musician MH, 2006), she was admitted to the bar (2009) and received her doctorate at the University of Zurich in 2012 (summa cum laude, awarded the Prof. Walther Hug Prize and Issekutz Prize). Before joining Walder Wyss, Irène Suter-Sieber worked at a leading Swiss law firm in Zurich for eight years.

Irène Suter-Sieber speaks German, English and French. She is registered with the Zurich Bar Registry and admitted to practice at all Swiss courts.

Employment 2023 - Chapter Switzerland

Employment: Chapter Switzerland 2023

Pensions & Retirement Plans 2023 - Switzerland

Doing Business in Switzerland – A Practical Guide

Business Acquisitions (§ 10 Labor and Social Security Law)

Combinations (§ 15 Mergers [Worker Protection])

Pitfalls in employment contracts

Employee Share Plans in Switzerland: Regulatory Overview

Ordinary and simplified recording of working time – what employers need to know

Employment 2022 - Chapter Switzerland

Dismissal due to incapacity for work

25th anniversary of the Gender Equality Act – Q&A with Dr. Irène Suter-Sieber

Update: Ferien und Feiertage während Kurzarbeit

Update: Vacation and public holidays during furlough

Employment 2021 - Chapter Switzerland

Das Aktuellste zur Kurzarbeit und zum (un)geimpften Arbeitnehmer (Excerpt)

Datenschutzzweckwidrige Auskunftsbegehren im Arbeitsverhältnis: Rechtslage unter geltendem und revidiertem Datenschutzgesetz

Leave and public holidays during short-time working

The employment relationship during transfers of undertakings: the leeway available for making adjustments to staff and contracts as part of transfers of undertakings under Art. 333 CO

Unternehmen und Arbeitnehmer im Home-Office – Flexibilisierung der Arbeit

“Have you been vaccinated against the coronavirus?”

I wouldn’t hesitate to choose this path again

Wie viel «Mitarbeiter-Tracking» ist erlaubt?

«Dead End» of an Employee’s Information Request Concerning their Personnel File

Wenn das Begehren des Arbeitnehmers um Herausgabe seines Personaldossiers in eine «Sackgasse» mündet

Die Stellenmeldepflicht wird im Jahr 2021 an Bedeutung gewinnen

The Job Reporting Obligation Will Become More Important in 2021

Employment 2020 - Chapter Switzerland

Employment 2020: Switzerland - Trends and Developments

Corporate Client Event

Schrems II: Was gilt neu für den Transfer von Mitarbeiterdaten von der Schweiz ins Ausland?

What does Schrems II mean for the transfer of employee data by Swiss businesses abroad?

Lohn und Kurzarbeitsentschädigung während Kurzarbeit

What happens if the employee does not consent to shorttime work?

Was, wenn der Arbeitnehmer der Kurzarbeit nicht zustimmt?

The coronavirus has serious consequences for the Swiss economy

The coronavirus has serious consequences for the Swiss economy

Chambers Employment 2019 Guide - Switzerland 2nd Edition

Chambers Employment 2019 Guide - Switzerland

Chambers Employment 2018 Guide - Switzerland

Appropriation art – parody, transformation or mere cheap imitation?

“Blurred Lines” vs “Got to Give it Up” – plagiarism or homage?

When do sound signs become distinctive, when do they merely serve to tempt buyers? - Commentary on the Decision of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court (BGE 135 III 359 – MELODIE) with seven sounds

The soundmark: conditions for and scope of protection under Swiss law

Recognitions