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Employment contracts can be individually structured within the framework of the legal provisions. 

In some industries, employers and employees must at least adhere to the generally binding collective labor agreements (GAV)  

Further information on public employment law.

Work permits: Employment of foreign workers

Cross-border commuters are employees who usually commute between their place of residence and place of work and return daily to their place of residence outside Liechtenstein. 

Right of residence in Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein, despite being an EEA member, can restrict residency by means of annual quotas due to a specific solution. To EEA citizens 72 residence permits are issued annually, 56 to gainfully employed persons and 16 to persons who are not gainfully employed. Half of these permits are issued by lottery, while the other half are issued directly by the national government. For Swiss nationals, there are 17 residence permits per year, twelve of which go to gainfully employed persons and five to persons who are not gainfully employed. These permits are not issued by lot, but by the national government. Residence permits to third-country nationals can only be issued to managers, specialists or other qualified workers who have completed a vocational apprenticeship or have many years of professional experience.

Further information can be found at Ausländer- und Passamt.

Liechtenstein companies must report entries or exits of their employees to the national administration. This also applies to self-employed persons as well as employers of domestic staff and home care workers. 

Despite the employee notification, appropriate Ausländergesetzes permits must be obtained from Migration and Passport Office . Also, any registrations or deregistrations with the Family Compensation Fund (FAK) and the declaration for industries with generally binding general employment contract at the ZPK SAVE are to be reported additionally.

Further information on reporting employees.

In order to protect the health of employees and guarantee them a social life, minimum rest periods are prescribed in the Liechtenstein Labor Law. There are exceptions both to the maximum weekly working hours and to Sunday and night work. 

Further information on the topic is provided by Liechtenstein Business