Place of work

The selection field to enter the Place of work of your employee (required field).

 

Besides assigning each employee to the correct Workplace, the Workplace also regulates the respective FAK canton (‘place-of-work’ principle). This field is responsible for correct calculation of family allowances, and for correct provision of employer contribution.

 

Field name

Description / Example

Code

 

Code field (max. 10 characters) used to create workplace codes. It can be, for example, a ZIP code or the name of workplace.

ZIP Code

The label is filled in automatically through the input of the ZIP code of the workplace.

City

By entering the ZIP code, the settlement taken from the ZIP code folder is automatically displayed.

Address

This field is used to enter the workplace address (street or post box).

Designation

After the input of the ZIP code, the workplace from ZIP code table will be automatically filled in the Designation field. Of course, you can change the field designation manually.

FAK County

The cantonal FAK (family compensation fund) is automatically retrieved based on the ZIP code/settlement entry.

 

The principle of "place of employment" is used for family allowances. This means that the employee receives family allowances based on the cantonal legal basis applicable at the workplace.

BUR No.

 

The BUR number is the eight-digit Company and Business Register Number assigned by the Federal Statistical Office.

Each company can have several BUR numbers. Weekly work hours must be recorded per BUR number.

 

Please check that a BUR number is recorded for each individual workplace in the Workplace field.

 

If you do not know the BUR No., you can request it via email at: infobur@bfs.admin.ch.

 

Swissdec 5.0 contains a specification for the new BUR number. Previously this was an 8-digit number, but now an alphanumeric prefix is added. The Federal Statistical Office has confirmed that the letter "A" can always be placed in front of the BUR number for existing BUR numbers. The setup must be carried out in the 'Place of work' table for each entry of a place of work and must be completed manually before the first transmission after activation of the transmission according to Swissdec 5.0.

Weekly Working Time in Industry Minutes

Weekly working time in industry minutes is displayed in the Workplace table. It is used to create the LSE statistics (BAU customers only). The industry minutes are always calculated in decimal values, i.e. one industry minute corresponds to 36 seconds.

Weekly Working Time in Sessions

Weekly working time in sessions is displayed in the Workplace table. It is used to create the LSE statistics (BAU customers only). The number of sessions can optionally be defined instead of the industry minutes.