How it works

Four steps. No paper.

From the first click to the first salary payment, everything runs in the portal – traceable for you and your client.

  1. 01

    Register online

    Enter your personal details, photograph your ID, add your bank details. No appointment, no paper forms by post.

    approx. 5 minutes
  2. 02

    Sign contracts digitally

    The employment contract and assignment contract are generated automatically and legally signed by you and your client.

    approx. 3 minutes
  3. 03

    Upload timesheet to MyAbacus

    File the timesheet approved by your client directly in the portal – PDF, Excel or photo. No emails, no chasing.

    monthly
  4. 04

    Receive your salary

    Once your client has approved your timesheet, your salary is in your account within 1–3 days – with no fee for pre-financing or default risk.

    after 1–3 days

Basics

What is payrolling in staff leasing?

With payrolling, you are employed by the payrolling agency – legally, the leasing company – with all the rights and obligations of permanent employment. The agency registers social insurance, taxes and the pension fund and pays them correctly. It concludes an assignment contract with the client (the hiring company); billing is on an hourly or daily basis. Your salary arrives on time – regardless of when the client pays. Up to an annual salary of CHF 148'200, the Staff Leasing CBA (GAV Personalverleih) applies, with subsidised further training, better daily sickness benefits cover and better pension provision.

Why staff leasing and not a mandate (Lohnträgerschaft)?

Lohnträgerschaft (a payroll-bearer arrangement) presupposes a service contract between client and payrollee – who would have to carry out their assignments independently and without being integrated into the client's work organisation. For full-time assignments within a team, this does not reflect reality, carries the risk of unpaid hours and, according to the Federal Social Insurance Office, is not permitted in Switzerland. That is why: staff leasing, properly under the CBA.

MyAbacus · Your portal

Upload your timesheet. Salary arrives.

We work on Abacus, Switzerland's number one business software. In MyAbacus you upload the timesheet approved by your client directly – the payslip is processed from it, and after 1–3 days the salary is in your account. Every payslip, every salary certificate, every contract: in one place.

Onboarding in minutes

Verify your identity, enter your details, done – fully online, even at the weekend.

Digital contract signature

Qualified electronic signature for employment and assignment contracts. Legally valid in Switzerland.

Upload timesheet directly

File your approved timesheet in MyAbacus – it goes straight into payroll processing. Salary after 1–3 days.

Abacus – no. 1 in Switzerland

Payslips, salary certificates and contracts on Switzerland's most widely used business software. Swissdec-certified salary reporting.

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Timesheets 2026 Upload timesheet

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PDF, Excel or photo · straight into payroll processing

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Salary

after 1–3 days

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Frequently asked questions

Payday, target group, CBA and calculator.

All questions and answers

Who does RM offer payrolling to?

Not to everyone. We specialise in office-based professions – IT specialists, project managers, scientists and other bright minds. Around half of our leased employees earn more than the CBA threshold of CHF 148'200 and need more than a standard payslip. Our clients come from banking, IT, insurance, pharma, industry and the public sector. Construction, hospitality, manufacturing or facility management are not our field – different risk classes, different insurance rates.

When is the salary paid?

As soon as we receive your timesheet approved by the client, we process your salary – paid out after 1 to 3 days. We charge neither a fee for pre-financing the salary nor for the default risk – other practices on the market match neither our philosophy nor our understanding of the law.

Which employment relationships fall under the CBA?

Anyone earning a base salary of more than CHF 62.55 per hour (excluding holidays, public holidays and 13th month's salary) falls outside the Staff Leasing CBA and is accounted for differently; the further training and enforcement contribution no longer applies. The threshold is derived from the maximum insured earnings under the UVG (accident insurance): CHF 148'200 (13 base salaries) ÷ 13 × 12 = CHF 136'800, divided by 2'187 annual hours = CHF 62.55.

How does the salary calculator work?

You enter the client rate, gross salary or desired net salary; the calculator shows total costs, all deductions and the insurance options. The client rate per hour worked includes the payroll fee, any MSP/VMS services and the all-in salary costs – i.e. gross salary plus employer contributions. The fee is usually defined per hour worked, or at the client's request as a percentage of the client rate or as a multiplier on the gross salary.

Employed in ten minutes. Today.

Register for free, see your net salary, sign your contract. No minimum term, no setup fee.