Cross-border workers remain an integral part of the Swiss workforce
At the end of 2016, 318,500 cross-border workers were active in Switzerland, an increase of almost 4% on the previous year.
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They made up over a quarter of the workforce in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino and more than 10% in Lake Geneva and northwestern Switzerland.
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