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Minister wants to boost support for SMEs

This content was published on Aug 16, 2015 He also plans to continue aid for export-oriented small and medium-sized companies (SMEs). In June, Schneider-Ammann instructed the Commission for Technology and Innovation (CTI) to waive the requirement for a cash contribution for R&D funding applications for heavily export-oriented SMEs with effect from this August. “Now we plan to stock up the CTI’s grant funds,”…

Tent-dwelling intern sought media attention

This content was published on Aug 16, 2015 The New Zealander who made headlines last week for living in a tent during his unpaid UN internship has admitted that there is more to his story.

UN intern living in tent in Geneva resigns

This content was published on Aug 12, 2015 An unpaid United Nations intern who was forced to live in a tent in Geneva due to the high rents has resigned from his post calling the internship system “unfair”. His case has put the spotlight on the controversial issue of unpaid internships.

Search for young masons hits a brick wall

This content was published on Jul 26, 2015 Thousands of 16-year-olds are finishing full-time education this time of the year. When the summer holidays are over, they will be starting apprenticeships: practical training combined with classroom lessons. According to the Federal Office for Professional Education and Technology, the Swiss apprenticeship programme, also known as Vocational Education and Training (VET), “provides two-thirds of young…

Gloomy outlook for Swiss labour market

This content was published on Jul 26, 2015 The international consultancy company, Deloitte, says more than 60% of firms surveyed plan a hiring freeze and 57% want to freeze salary levels. The study, conducted among 111 chief financial officers, was carried out in May and June. Deloitte says the respondents represent all major sector of the Swiss economy, both listed and private companies.…

Swiss unemployment shows rising trend

This content was published on Jul 21, 2015 According to a new report from the Swiss Economic Institute, Switzerland’s unemployment rate has been creeping upward over the past 20 years.

Swiss apprenticeship model makes inroads in India

This content was published on Jul 5, 2015 By linking vocational education with innovation, Switzerland hopes to make apprenticeships an important component of India-Swiss bilateral cooperation.

Thousands of builders protest wages and weather

This content was published on Jun 27, 2015 As in many jobs in Switzerland, a general working contract for the industry governs many of these issues. For the 80,000 construction workers who have their working conditions and terms set out in the general contract, theirs will run out at the end of the year and there is concern about what next year’s contract…

The joys of job sharing

This content was published on Jun 26, 2015

Job sharing: when two heads are better than one

This content was published on Jun 26, 2015 Fancy sharing your job with someone else? The idea is slowly catching on in Switzerland with its high numbers of part-time workers.

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