Management & Administration
Make employment decisions with a clearer understanding of the Swiss legal context. This programme connects key labour law topics with practical cases and a disciplined approach to checking sources. Learn to identify relevant facts, review documentation and involve qualified support when needed. The emphasis is on private employment relationships, with public-sector or industry-specific rules distinguished where relevant to your agreed learning objectives.
Request informationYOUR PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE
For individuals & organisationsWe agree a start that fits your professional and personal commitments.
OSAM certificates: according to your starting level and learning goals. Company group programmes are usually planned in days or half-days.
Federal preparation: see pathway durations belowSynchronous teaching. Both formats include the OSAM platform for course materials and organisational information.
From an eduQua-certified institution.
Related federal examination pathwaysAn individual quotation confirms the programme, delivery format and applicable fees.
Highly personalised teaching with experienced practitioners working at a high professional level.
FROM KNOWLEDGE TO CAPABILITY
For HR professionals, managers, business owners and staff responsible for employment documentation, personnel administration or sensitive workplace situations.
YOUR LEARNING JOURNEY
These modules form the core programme. Where useful, we refine the emphasis, examples and learning activities to reflect your professional context, starting point and objectives.
Distinguish the Code of Obligations, the Labour Act, contractual arrangements and collective agreements. Cases begin with identifying the employment relationship and applicable framework. Organise the facts, outstanding questions and required documents before drawing conclusions from general guidance or considering a particular employment decision.
Examine the structure of common employment contracts and their relationship with staff regulations. Exercises cover duties, workplace, remuneration and specific clauses. Learn to identify ambiguous wording and prepare proposed changes in a form that supports both appropriate legal review and clear communication.
Explore the questions raised by working and rest time, recording requirements and leave. Cases show why scope, documentation and the reason for absence matter. Develop a checking process that identifies the necessary facts and responsible advisers instead of relying on a universal answer.
Consider the protection of health and personal integrity at work. Scenarios involving workload, conflict and personnel data illustrate the relationship between prevention, careful documentation and clear responsibilities. Reflect on proportionate action and on the professional boundaries of a management or HR role.
Structure the preparation of an employee departure and distinguish different forms of termination. Exercises address checking dates, communication, records and employment references. Identify situations requiring additional scrutiny and incorporate qualified legal review into the process where facts or obligations are disputed.
Work through connected personnel cases and explain the reasoning behind your checks. Use official sources while distinguishing practical guidance from binding decisions. Build a personal reference process for tracking relevant changes and directing recurring questions to the right people in your organisation.
THE PEOPLE BEHIND YOUR PROGRESS
Educational direction, subject expertise and adult learning support. Your final trainer assignment is confirmed in your proposal.
DIRECTOR’S PERSPECTIVE
Managing Director
Simon Pawolleck provides OSAM’s overall direction. The focus is on relevant skills, a clear learning structure and personal support that connects professional ambitions with practical progress.
EXPERT’S PERSPECTIVE
Lawyer & Expert Trainer
Carmen Kiavila brings the programme’s subject expertise into focus. The educational approach connects a structured foundation with practical situations, relevant exercises and feedback aligned with your professional objectives.
ADULT LEARNING & ANDRAGOGY
Head of Adult Learning
Federal Diploma of Higher Education in Adult Education
Sandrine Mélé oversees the adult learning approach: coherent progression, active participation and learning methods that take account of prior experience. She supports a structured, practical and human approach to developing competence.
SWISS FEDERAL QUALIFICATION PATHWAYS
OSAM offers the following examination preparation in related fields. An OSAM certificate course in this topic is not automatically the complete federal preparation programme. We confirm the appropriate pathway, scope and admission requirements with you before enrolment.
SAV-FSA — Schweizerischer Anwaltsverband / Fédération Suisse des Avocats
A vocational or upper-secondary qualification (or equivalent) plus three years of legal practice in Switzerland; two years with a higher vocational diploma in legal studies. Evidence is required at registration, with part-time experience counted proportionally. A criminal-record extract under six months old must show no incompatible offences. Submit three personal case studies ten weeks before examination.
Admission to OSAM preparation and admission to the federal examination are separate decisions. The responsible examination committee assesses your individual evidence.
Case studies from professional practice form part of the external federal examination. The SAV-FSA examination regulations and current guidelines govern assessment.
The examination organisation decides on admission. Its current examination regulations and deadlines take precedence; preparation and examination registration are separate steps. We confirm the preparation language separately from the examination language: an English-language information page does not mean the federal examination is offered in English.
Federal professional qualifications are awarded through the relevant federal examination. eduQua certifies the continuing education institution; it does not itself award a federal qualification.
SBFI / SERI — official professional qualifications registerActive at a high professional level, selected against demanding criteria.
Developing the skills of their employees with OSAM.
An experience centred on the people who learn with us.
Personal career goals. Shared organisational priorities.
SERI / SEFRIeduQua-certified institution. Federal qualifications listed by SERI in selected pathways.
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LEARNERS’ VOICES
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“Excellent quality and personalised practical scenarios.”
GOOD TO KNOW
For HR professionals, managers, business owners and staff responsible for employment documentation, personnel administration or sensitive workplace situations. The programme is available to private individuals and organisations, including company teams. OSAM welcomes learners living or working in Switzerland as well as international participants joining live online.
OSAM is an eduQua-certified continuing education institution. An OSAM certificate documents the learning agreed for your programme; eduQua is a quality label for the institution, not federal recognition of every individual course.
The related federal qualifications listed on this page are recognised Swiss qualifications, recorded in the official SERI register. They require the prescribed federal examination and admission conditions.
SERI / SEFRI official registerOSAM’s work connects individual professional development with the needs of companies in Switzerland and internationally. Client references and learner reviews below offer a practical view of that work.
You develop skills you can apply in real situations, with guidance from experienced practitioners and access to learning materials on the OSAM platform. The programme focuses on these outcomes:
Yes. We start with the established programme and refine the emphasis, practical cases and learning support where useful. Adjustments take account of the individual or company’s professional context, existing skills and goals. The agreed programme is confirmed before enrolment; federal examination requirements remain binding where applicable.
For the OSAM certificate, contact us to review your current level, prior experience and objectives. We will confirm the appropriate entry requirements and any recommended preparation.
A vocational or upper-secondary qualification (or equivalent) plus three years of legal practice in Switzerland; two years with a higher vocational diploma in legal studies. Evidence is required at registration, with part-time experience counted proportionally. A criminal-record extract under six months old must show no incompatible offences. Submit three personal case studies ten weeks before examination.
Examination details & official sourcesNo. It develops understanding and working methods. A specific dispute requires an assessment of its facts and may need qualified, individual legal advice before any action is taken.
The main focus is private employment. Public-sector appointments and particular industries can be subject to different rules. Any specialist focus should be agreed with OSAM before the programme is defined.
Official sources inform the preparation of the agreed programme. Participants also learn how to check the status of a rule and investigate changes rather than assuming that an earlier example remains applicable.
YOUR CAREER, IN PERSPECTIVE
Depending on your experience and qualifications, this subject can support development in the following professional directions.
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Tell us where you want to go. Together, we will define the learning journey that gets you there.
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