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If your workspace falls under the hospitality industry, Coople applies the wage rules of the N-CLA (L-GAV) – the Swiss collective labour agreement for the hotel and restaurant sector, 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 bound by the CBA Staff Leasing, which in turn requires us to follow the wage and working-time rules of any generally binding collective labour agreement – including the N-CLA for hospitality. If your workspace is set up under this agreement, your shifts must meet these minimums.
Minimum wages
In effect since 1 January 2026. Gross hourly wage, already including the supplements for holidays, public holidays, 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 the supplements for holidays (10.65%, equivalent to 25 working days), public holidays (2.27%), and the 13th-month wage (8.33%) – you don't need to add them separately.
Cantonal minimum wages take priority when they're 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.
Once a worker is assigned to a shift, Coople checks the wage against the minimum for their wage class and location – you can't save a wage below it.
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.