# UZH as an Employer

**Source**: https://www.staff.uzh.ch/en/personal/Welcome-to-UZH/welcome-package.html
**Parent**: https://www.internationals.uzh.ch/en/work.html

## Welcome to the University of Zurich!

**The following summary contains the most important information for new employees at UZH and introduces the University of Zurich as an employer.**

## UZH Welcome Day

The Executive Board of the University extends a personal welcome to all new staff.

Discover fascinating research topics at UZH and build a network with your new colleagues.

Find out more about the event and the upcoming dates.

[UZH Welcome Day](https://www.staff.uzh.ch/en/personal/Welcome-to-UZH/welcome-day.html)

## Consulting Services

Difficult situations in employment relationships can arise – among team members, leaders and managers alike. All UZH employees can contact the following advisory centers if they are affected by or witness to inappropriate behavior. The services are free of charge.

[Advisory Services](https://www.community.uzh.ch/en/equality/advice/staff.html)

Moreover, there are numerous consulting services for your personal well-being:

[health@uzh](https://www.health.uzh.ch/en.html)

## Continuing Education

We believe continuing education for our staff members is essential.

UZH offers various in-house continuing education courses. In addition, UZH and ETH Zurich have a broad range of language courses. UZH employees can also attend the training and continuing education programs offered by the Canton of Zurich.

[In-House Continuing Education at UZH](https://www.weiterbildung.uzh.ch/en/mitarbeitende.html)

[Language Center of UZH and ETH](https://www.sprachenzentrum.uzh.ch/en.html)

[IT Training](https://www.zi.uzh.ch/en/staff/ittraining.html)

[Continuing education program of the Canton of Zurich](https://lernen.zh.ch/portal/) (in German)

## Discounts and Offers

As an employee of UZH, you benefit from numerous discounts and other offers. Click here to find out what these are.

[Discounts and special offers](https://www.staff.uzh.ch/en/personal/dicounts-offers/Discounts.html)

Eligible employees can also apply for meal contributions with a Lunch Check card. This requires a UZH login.

[Lunch Check Card](https://www.staff.uzh.ch/en/personal/dicounts-offers/lunch-check-card.html)

## Employment Conditions

Most of the UZH staff are employed under public law. Members of the teaching staff are employed under private law.

You will find all necessary information here:

[Employment conditions under public law](https://www.staff.uzh.ch/en/personal/employment-staff/legal-foundations-employment-conditions-.html)

[Professorial employment](https://www.prof.uzh.ch/en.html)

[Employment conditions for instructors](https://www.staff.uzh.ch/en/personal/employment-instructors/legal-foundations.html)

Information about pension funds at UZH:

[BVK (PDF, 106 KB)](https://www.staff.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:b4b34a67-71dd-47f6-b429-3211f79f5145/BVK_Occupational%20Pension%20Fund_Factsheet_EN_20250101.pdf)

[VSAO (PDF, 115 KB)](https://www.staff.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:b96974a7-84a7-4031-b7c9-b0e5e4c92d60/VSAO_Factsheet_EN_20250101.pdf)

## Family and Career

UZH values its employees' work-life balance – for instance, by offering a wide range of childcare services near your UZH workplace.

[Family and Career](https://www.families.uzh.ch/en.html)

[Parenthood](https://www.staff.uzh.ch/en/personal/working-hours-absences/absences/parenthood.html)

[kihz – Foundation for childcare in the Zurich University area](https://www.kihz.uzh.ch/en.html)

## Leadership

Leadership at UZH comprises leading yourself, leading others and leading and managing organizational units. These are the three contexts based on which the principles are described. They are binding on all leaders and managers.

A healthy leadership culture is the result of a collaborative development process involving leaders/managers and the members of their team. In this respect, the leadership and management principles provide direction and clarity for all staff and promote a common understanding of what it means to lead.

UZH supports its employees in developing and improving their leadership and management skills.

[Leadership and Management Principles](https://www.uzh.ch/cmsssl/en/explore/portrait/basics/responsibility/leadership-principles.html)

## Legal Foundations

The employment ordinance of UZH (PVO-UZH) as well as the employment act of the Canton of Zurich and its ordinance (Personalgesetz, PG) provide the legal foundations for your employment under public law. The Swiss Code of Obligations governs employments under private law.

[Employment ordinance of UZH (PVO-UZH)](https://www.zh.ch/de/politik-staat/gesetze-beschluesse/gesetzessammlung/zhlex-ls/erlass-415_21-2014_09_29-2015_04_01-111.html) (in German)

[Employment act of the Canton of Zurich (PG)](https://www.zh.ch/de/politik-staat/gesetze-beschluesse/gesetzessammlung/zhlex-ls/erlass-177_10-1998_09_27-1999_07_01-089.html) (in German)

[Employment ordinance of the Canton of Zurich (PVO)](https://www.zh.ch/de/politik-staat/gesetze-beschluesse/gesetzessammlung/zhlex-ls/erlass-177_11-1998_12_16-1999_01_01-108.html) (in German)

[Implementation ordinance of the employment act of the Canton of Zurich (VVO)](https://www.zh.ch/de/politik-staat/gesetze-beschluesse/gesetzessammlung/zhlex-ls/erlass-177_111-1999_05_19-1999_07_01-110.html) (in German)

[Swiss Code of Obligations (OR)](https://www.admin.ch/opc/en/classified-compilation/19110009/index.html)

Employees must also observe numerous UZH regulations, policies and guidelines. You are required to inform yourself independently and keep up to date with these regulations and policies. Here are several of such important documents:

[Legal documents of UZH](https://www.rud.uzh.ch/de/rechtsgrundlagen/rechtssammlung-uzh.html) (in German)

[General house regulations](http://www2.zhlex.zh.ch/appl/zhlex_r.nsf/0/AA9B6952BA5DB344C12581D90037A0F6/$file/415.111.411_25.2.10_99.pdf)(in German9

[Regulation on the use of IT tools](https://www.uzh.ch/blog/zi/2017/12/11/aktualisierung-reglement-ueber-den-einsatz-von-informatikmitteln-reim/) (in German)

[Regulation on the protection against sexual harassment](https://www.uzh.ch/cmsssl/dam/jcr:00000000-055b-848b-0000-00000dc6353d/2015_UZH_RSB_merkblatt_en.pdf)

## Policies and Mission Statement

The University of Zurich is an autonomous institution of the Canton of Zurich and is subject to public law. Our Mission Statement defines the identity, goals, and role of the University in academia and society.

[Policies and Mission Statement](https://www.uzh.ch/cmsssl/en/explore/portrait/basics.html)

All employees, leaders and managers must also observe our UZH policies.

[Code of Conduct Campus Life](https://www.community.uzh.ch/en/code-of-conduct.html)

[Gender Policy Code of Conduct](https://www.uzh.ch/cmsssl/dam/jcr:ffffffff-a765-8184-0000-00002c71d01a/UZH_VKGP_EN.pdf)

[Diversity Policy](https://www.gleichstellung.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:f4670bb2-ba16-4245-9924-396b1bbab1b2/UZH_DiversityPolicy_A4_farb_EN_barrierefrei.pdf)

[Sustainability Policy](https://www.uzh.ch/cmsssl/dam/jcr:15c315b3-e0dd-4bc0-8a27-805a4307a4de/UZH_SustainabilityPolicy_en.pdf)

[Open Science Policy](https://www.openscience.uzh.ch/de.html)

[Disability Statement](https://www.uzh.ch/cmsssl/de/explore/basics/responsibility/disability.html)

## Representative Bodies at UZH

Please find more information here:

[Representative bodies and representative body associations](https://www.uzh.ch/cmsssl/en/about/management/staende.html)

## Safety and Security

UZH is committed to ensuring the well-being of its employees and to protecting the information that is at the heart of its research, teaching and various other activities.

[Health, Safety and Security](https://www.staff.uzh.ch/en/safety-health.html)

[IT Security](https://www.staff.uzh.ch/de/sicherheit-gesundheit/it-sicherheit.html)

[Cybersecurity](https://www.informationsecurity.uzh.ch/de/themen/Awareness/Erkl%C3%A4rvideos.html)\

## Salary System

The salary system of the Canton of Zurich applies to most of our staff. Individual salaries are set in accordance with the professional role acquired and the level of your professional experience.

At UZH, there are fixed classification guidelines for the salaries of junior academics and instructors.

[Salary system of the UZH](https://www.staff.uzh.ch/en/personal/Verg%C3%BCtung-und-Versicherungen/Verg%C3%BCtung.html)

## Working Hours

UZH offers full-time and part-time employments with flexible working hours.

Administrative and technical staff are required to record the hours they work.

To learn how working hours are regulated, please see the Fact Sheet on Working Hours.

[Working hours (PDF, 114 KB)](https://www.staff.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:8f67b4fb-0615-4760-aa3c-cb8285f52528/Working%20Hours_Factsheet_EN_20250507.pdf)

## Additional Information

### Contact

If you cannot find an answer to your question here, please contact the responsible HR representative in your organizational unit or the Competence Center responsible for you in the Human Resources Department.

- [Competence Centers](https://www.pa.uzh.ch/en/about/contact-coc.html "Competence Centers")

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