Sara Rousselle-Ruffieux
Counsel, Head of Employment
Attorney at Law, Certified Specialist SBA Labour Law
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Counsel, Head of Employment Attorney at Law, Certified Specialist SBA Labour Law +41 58 450 70 00 sara.rousselle@lenzstaehelin.com |
Geneva Route de Chêne 30 CH-1211 Geneva www.lenzstaehelin.com |
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Expertise
Sara Rousselle-Ruffieux is a counsel at our Geneva and Lausanne offices, where she heads the Employment group. She is an accredited labour law expert (SBA-certified) and advises national and multinational companies, and international organisations, on employment, immigration and social security matters. Sara's expertise encompasses both individual employment relationships (contract, company regulation, participation or bonus plan, non-competition clause, termination agreement, secondment, etc.) and collective labour relations (hiring of services, mass-dismissals, social plans, or business transfers, etc.). She also regularly assists clients in administrative and judicial matters and represents them before administrations and courts. Sara shows a particular interest for cross-border cases especially the coordination of social security systems. She served for 12 years as secretary and then vice-chair of the Association of Accredited Labour Law Experts of Western Switzerland.
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Practices
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Professional Experience and Education
and Education
2023 Head of Employment law 2019 Counsel at Lenz & Staehelin 2017 Associate at Lenz & Staehelin 2013-16 Managing Associate in a prominent Swiss business law firm, Co-head of Employment law 2004-13 Senior Associate in a prominent Swiss business law firm 2004 In-house Legal Attorney in an international Bank 1998-04 Associate in a prominent Swiss business law firm 2011 Certified Specialist SBA Labour Law 1998 Admission to Geneva Bar 1995 University of Fribourg (lic. iur.) -
Specialist Areas
Employment and Executives’ Transfers, Data Protection and Privacy, Commercial and Contracts, Litigation -
Languages
French, English -
Memberships
Ordre des Avocats de Genève (ODA), Swiss Bar Association (SBA) -
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Oertle Matthias, Rousselle-Ruffieux Sara, Employment and Labour Law Switzerland - 2023, in: The legal 500 country Comparative Guides, 2023
- Rousselle-Ruffieux Sara, Restellini Jacomo, Transfers of Undertakings in Civil Aviation, in: Restellini J., Labour Relations in Aviation (book), Aerospace Law and Policy Series, Volume 23, Wolters Kluwer, 2022
- Oertle Matthias, Rousselle-Ruffieux Sara, The Corporate Immigration Review 2022 - Switzerland, in: The Law Reviews, 12th edition, May 2022, 176-185
- Rousselle-Ruffieux Sara, Equal pay principle - New measures to reduce the gender pay gap - the example of Switzerland, in: European Employment Law Cases (EELC), 2019/4, 244-247
- Rousselle-Ruffieux Sara, Bettex C., Protéger aussi le dénoncé lors d'une enquête interne, in: Plaidoyer, 3/2019, 6-9
- Rousselle-Ruffieux Sara, La sanction des infractions à la Loi sur les travailleurs détachés (LDét); analyse de l'arrêt du Tribunal fédéral 2C_150/2016, in: Newsletter DroitDuTravail.ch, August 2017
- Rousselle-Ruffieux Sara, Cumul emploi en Suisse-chômage en France, du nouveau, in: Avis d'expert - Chronique trimestrielle dans le Monde Economique, Revue des entrepreneurs, October-December 2016
- Rousselle-Ruffieux Sara, Paiement des charges sociales d'un collaborateur domicilié en France, in: Avis d'expert - Chronique trimestrielle dans le Monde Economique, Revue des entrepreneurs, April-June 2016, 94
- Rousselle-Ruffieux Sara, Enregistrement du temps de travail des collaborateurs, in: Avis d'expert - Chronique trimestrielle dans le Monde Economique, Revue des entrepreneurs, January-March 2016, 91
- Rousselle-Ruffieux Sara, Caractère accessoire du bonus et hauts revenus, in: Avis d'expert - Chronique trimestrielle dans le Monde Economique, Revue des entrepreneurs, October-November 2015, 79
- Rousselle-Ruffieux Sara, Véhicule d'entreprise pour les salariés frontaliers, in: Avis d'expert - Chronique trimestrielle dans le Monde Economique, Revue des entrepreneurs, June-August 2015, 79
- Rousselle-Ruffieux Sara, Puis-je payer mes employés en Euro ?, in: Avis d'expert - Chronique trimestrielle dans le Monde Economique, Revue des entrepreneurs, March-May 2015, 90
- Rousselle-Ruffieux Sara, Prime de fin d'année, in: Avis d'expert - Chronique trimestrielle dans le Monde Economique, Revue des entrepreneurs, December 2014, 82
- Rousselle-Ruffieux Sara, Obligation d'information de l'employeur, in: Avis d'expert - Chronique trimestrielle dans le Monde Economique, Revue des entrepreneurs, October-November 2014, 45
- Rousselle-Ruffieux Sara, Gérer les conflits entre employés : le point sur les nouveaux mécanismes, in: Acquis de droit, Market Magazine n°106, February 2013
- Rousselle-Ruffieux Sara, Activité dépendante ou indépendante au regard du CO et de la LAVS ; convergences et divergences, in: Panorama II en Droit du Travail, IDAT, Stämpfli 2012
- Rousselle-Ruffieux Sara, Licenciement immédiat dans la fonction publique cantonale - comparaison entre Genève et Vaud, in: Panorama II en Droit du Travail, IDAT, Stämpfli, 2012
- Rousselle-Ruffieux Sara, Doing Business 2011, Swiss report on employing workers, in: Annual publication of the World Bank Group and the IFC that benchmarks regulation in 181 economies worldwide, 2010
- Rousselle-Ruffieux Sara, Le licenciement pour motifs économiques peut être abusif, in: Agefi Magazine, May 2010
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Contact Details
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Assistant
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Other Activities
- Former Vice-Chairman of the Committee of Association romande des spécialistes de droit du travail (AROSDT).
- Member of the Training Committee for the judges of the Geneva Labour Courts.
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References
I have been working with [her] for more than 12 years and have uniformly been extremely satisfied with the technical quality of legal work done.
Legal 500, 2021I am really glad she was on our side when dealing with the complex and demanding situation and cases we have had to handle.
Legal 500, 2021A brilliant employment law specialist
Who's Who Legal, 2020She excels at handling social plans, transfers and contracts.
Who's Who Legal, 2020
Publications
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Transfers of Undertakings in Civil Aviation
in: Restellini J., Labour Relations in Aviation (book), Aerospace Law and Policy Series, Volume 23, Wolters Kluwer, 2022