Employment & work

• Holidays must be taken in the year in which they accrue. In consultation with your line manager, a maximum of two weeks (for a 100% workload) may be carried forward to the following year. The holiday carryover must be taken by 31 March of the following year. If your holiday balance is nevertheless higher at the end of 2024 and exceeds six weeks, the holiday credits are older than five years (holiday balance carried forward to 2020) will be automatically cancelled in accordance with the Federal Personnel Act (Art. 17a) (external page Bundespersonalgesetz, BPG, German only) and your entitlement will expire.
• Two consecutive weeks' holiday must be taken every calendar year.
• Please note that as of 1 January 2025, a maximum of 100 working hours can be carried over into the new year. Hours worked in excess of 100 hours will be automatically cancelled. Overtime must be compensated during the year with time-off of the same duration.
• Loyalty bonuses (DAG) in the form of paid leave must be taken within five years, after which your entitlement will expire.

Any request for retroactive ordinary tax assessment for the year 2024 must be submitted to the competent cantonal tax office (canton of residence) by 31 March 2025.

Employees who are subject to withholding tax are required by law to report any additional sources of income to ETH Zurich on an ongoing basis.

This information and any changes to partner data, family situation or place of residence must be entered promptly in ETHIS under Persönlich > Anstellung & Lohn > Withholding tax.

Further information on withholding tax