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Unions push for six weeks of vacation

This content was published on May 27, 2009 Swiss law currently allows for four weeks of paid vacation a year. But Travail Suisse, the country’s trade union umbrella group, has collected enough signatures to force a nationwide vote on extending time off to six weeks a year. “In the past two decades the workplace has become increasing hectic,” Travail Suisse said in a…