Asylum Act
(AsylA)

¹ For the first three months after entry in­to Switzer­land, per­sons in need of pro­tec­tion may not be gain­fully em­ployed. There­after, the re­quire­ments for au­thor­ising gain­ful em­ploy­ment are gov­erned by the FNIA¹⁹³.¹⁹⁴

² The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may stip­u­late more fa­vour­able con­di­tions for gain­ful em­ploy­ment.

³ Work per­mits already is­sued shall re­main val­id.

⁴ Per­sons in need of pro­tec­tion who are en­titled to be gain­fully em­ployed in ac­cord­ance with pro­vi­sions laid down by the im­mig­ra­tion au­thor­it­ies or who par­ti­cip­ate in oc­cu­pa­tion­al pro­grammes are not sub­ject to the ban on em­ploy­ment.¹⁹⁵