Sunrise Communications AG

Regulatory Filings • Oct 28, 2025

Media Release

Opfikon, 28 October 2025 

Sunrise with extended collective employment contract from 2026: more flexibility for varying life situations

• Sunrise and the syndicom trade union have further developed their collective employment contract (CEC). Sunrise is further strengthening its position as a responsible and modern employer.
• The enhanced CEC and the updated general terms and conditions of employment (TCE) offer, in addition to the existing benefits:
  • More parental leave (mothers: 20 weeks; fathers/other parent: 8 weeks)
    • Entitlement to a temporary reduction in employment degree and a guaranteed return to the original degree
    • Support with family-care responsibilities with an entitlement to a temporary reduction in employment degree
    • Additional time for personal and professional development
    • Increase in the minimum wage by CHF 2,000 to CHF 59,000
• The revised CEC was negotiated by Sunrise with syndicom. The TCE were adjusted in line with the CEC. They enter into force on 1 January 2026.

Sunrise is expanding further its position as a modern, employee-orientated employer. With the further development of the CEC and the TCE, Sunrise is paying particular attention to the varying life phases and diverse life situations of its employees.

André Krause, CEO of Sunrise, is convinced: «With our progressive CEC, we’re emphasising our forward-looking corporate culture, which takes deliberate account of a variety of life paths and creates scope for individual life situations. Attractive working conditions promote motivation, performance and a sense of belonging. We’re therefore deliberately going beyond the industry standard.»

«Our goal was to further enhance the already attractive working conditions at Sunrise. The updated collective employment contract agreement now provides employees with even greater flexibility and support. The result demonstrates that social partnership is most effective when employees’ needs are genuinely taken into account,» explains Teresa Dos Santos Lima-Matteo, Head of the ICT sector at syndicom.

The most important innovations include:

• More parental leave:
  • Maternity leave: now 20 weeks (+2 weeks)
  • Paternity leave / leave for the other parent: now 8 weeks (+2 weeks)
  • Adoption leave: now 8 weeks (+2 weeks)
  • Flexible follow-on solutions through entitlement to unpaid leave or temporary reduction in degree of employment
• Family care: Option of temporary reduction in degree of employment or unpaid leave to care for relatives
• Flexible transition to retirement: Option of gradually reducing the degree of employment from the age of 58
• Professional & personal development: Two paid development days and flexible time off
• Salary development : Increase in the minimum salary from CHF 57,000 to CHF 59,000

These changes supplement the existing CEC. Previous benefits such as FlexWork, working abroad and two days of paid voluntary work will be retained and round off the attractive Sunrise working conditions, which are above average.

With its CEC, Sunrise is setting an example of an innovative, employee-centred working environment. An overview of the most important changes to the CEC can be found in the appendix to the media release .

Media release (PDF)

Sunrise Media Relations media@sunrise.net 0800 333 000	syndicom - Gewerkschaft Medien und Kommunikation Dominik Fitze, Media spokesperson dominik.fitze@syndicom.ch +41 76 519 93 67