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Agreements and politics

Bilateral treaties, the tax agreement, federal votes and reforms affecting cross-border workers.

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• Frontier workers in crisis: Switzerland pays the price of revolution

  Switzerland is preparing for a possible financial earthquake due to the reform of the management of unemployment benefits for cross-border commuters.

• EU reform, cost for Switzerland: one billion

  Switzerland is likely to pay a high price for a social reform approved by the European Union.

• Criminal records, Bern approves data agreement with Italy

  Switzerland has given the green light to the study of an agreement for an exchange of data with Italy. The agreement aims to simplify the management of cross-border workers' data.

• New rules for teleworking for border workers between Italy and Switzerland

  As of Monday, February 9, 2026, the new rules govern the teleworking of border workers between Italy and Switzerland.

• Italy-Switzerland border workers: teleworking up to 25%

  Law no. 217 of 29 December 2025 introduced a new rule for border workers working in Switzerland and residing in Italy.

• Frontier workers, teleworking enters into operation

  Law no. 217 of 2025 enters into force on 20 January 2026, introducing the structural recognition of cross-border teleworking.

• Border unemployment: the future in the Joint Committee

  The European Parliament votes for the change of course on compensation: the ball goes to Switzerland amid fears of costs and legal uncertainties.

• Swiss-Italy Tax Assistance: Appeal Rejected

  The Swiss Federal Court has declared inadmissible the appeal of an Italian taxpayer against the exchange of required banking information

• Working as an educator in Ticino: salary and requirements

  The New Frontier Agreement was signed on 23 December 2020 and is applicable from 1 January 2024. This agreement provides for an exemption of €7,500 for old cross-border commuters and a deductible of €10,000 for new cross-border commuters.

• Telework for border workers: agreement ratified

  The Council of Ministers has approved the DdL for teleworking: border workers will be able to work from home up to 25% without losing their status.

• Unemployed border workers: EU approves burdensome reform for Switzerland

  The European Parliament has approved a reform redefining the competences of unemployed frontier workers.

• Teleworking for border workers: the Government approves the bill

  The Italian Council of Ministers approved the bill to ratify the Protocol amending the Agreement with Switzerland on the taxation of frontier workers.

• Teleworking for border workers: new smart working rules

  New rules for border workers between Italy and Switzerland: smart working up to 25% of the time without losing status and taxability in Switzerland.

• Frontier workers and teleworkers: agreement on the 25% limit published

  The agreement on the 25% limit for border workers working in Switzerland has been published

• Border unemployment, Lorenzo Quadri: "Bern must say no"

  The National Councillor criticises the EU reform on border workers and calls on the Government to reject the new burdens on unemployment.

• Working as a pastry chef in Ticino: salary and requirements

  Switzerland is not a member of the EU, the G permit is required to work in Ticino as a pastry chef.

• Working as a mechanic in Ticino: salary and requirements

  The requirements for working as a mechanic in Switzerland are set by federal law. The G permit is required to work in Switzerland without having to pay Italian taxes.

• Italy-Switzerland: automatic exchange of tax information

  Analysis of the operation of the automatic exchange of tax information between Italy and Switzerland through CRS and DAC for frontier workers.

• Switzerland is the European leader in smart working

  The percentage of jobs that include the possibility of working remotely increased by 12.7% in 2023

• Border unemployment reform: 900 million per year

  Switzerland could suffer additional costs for the reform on the unemployment of frontier workers.

• Driving License Conversion in Switzerland for Border Workers: Guide, Costs, Validity

  The new Frontier Agreement signed on 23/12/2020 provides for the possibility of converting the Italian driving licence into Swiss for border workers.

• Living in Valtellina and working in Graubünden as a border worker

  New tax agreement for frontier workers: what changes and what to do

• New border agreement: what changes for border workers in Ticino?

  The new border agreement enters into force on 1 January 2024. This is what changes for border workers in Ticino.

• The 2020 Italy-Switzerland Agreement on the Taxation of Frontier Workers

  The Italy-Switzerland Agreement of 2020 introduces a new tax regime for frontier workers, replacing the 1974 framework. The analysis evaluates the