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If your workspace falls under the hospitality industry, Coople applies the wage rules of the N-CLA (L-GAV) – the National collective labour agreement for the hospitality industry, declared generally binding by the Federal Council. Below are the current legally required minimum gross hourly wages.
Why it applies
As a staff leasing company, Coople is subject to the CBA Staff Leasing, which in turn requires that the wage, working-time, holiday, and public-holiday provisions of generally binding collective labour agreements are observed.
Minimum wages
In effect since 1 January 2026. Gross hourly wage, already including holiday and public-holiday compensation and the 13th-month wage – see «Good to know» below.
Wage class | Gross hourly wage |
Unskilled (no apprenticeship training, level Ia) | 24.95 Geneva: 27.78 City of Lucerne: 25.70 |
With professional experience (two-year basic training with federal certificate or equivalent, level II) | 27.35 Geneva: 27.78 |
Skilled (basic training with federal certificate of proficiency or equivalent, level IIIa) | 30.43 |
Skilled (professional examination per Art. 27 lit. a VPETA, level IV) | 35.58 |
Good to know
These hourly wages already include holiday compensation (10.65%, equivalent to 25 working days), public-holiday compensation (2.27%), and the 13th-month wage (8.33%) – you don't need to add them separately.
Cantonally mandatory minimum wages take priority when higher – currently the case in Geneva (all wage classes) and the City of Lucerne (unskilled only).
Coople assigns your workspace the labour agreement that applies to your industry; for hospitality workspaces, that's the N-CLA. The wage class for a shift follows the experience and qualifications set on your job role's Candidate Profile.
When you schedule a Coopler into a shift, Coople checks the wage against the minimum for their wage class and location, and won't let you proceed if it's set too low.
Full contract text: N-CLA hospitality agreement
These rates are reviewed annually – we'll update this article once new rates are published for the following year.