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Dark days ahead for Meyer Burger employees

This content was published on Mar 22, 2012 The maker of production equipment for solar cells said full-year profit fell to SFr35.8 million ($39.16 million) from SFr97.9 million in 2010. It also took a SFr107 million write-down linked to its acquisition of German peer Roth & Rau. Already announced in February, 200 of the 1,350 jobs at the German company will go in…

Swiss unemployment rate remains stable

This content was published on Mar 7, 2012 According to the report, the total number of unemployed people in Switzerland getting employment benefit was 133,154, or 1,163 less than January. Compared with February 2011, the number of unemployed people was down 10,171, or -7.1 per cent. The jobless rate for the 15-24 age bracket was slightly down on January by 1.7 per cent…

Cross-border worker numbers on the rise

This content was published on Mar 5, 2012 According to figures released by the Federal Statistics Office on Monday, administrative employees (+71 per cent), unskilled labour (+67 per cent) and managers were the categories that grew the most during that period. Switzerland’s working population grew by 8.8 per cent to 4.732 million between 2006 and 2011. The majority of these cross-border workers are…

Swatch expects good times to last

This content was published on Mar 2, 2012 The watch industry as a whole has been one of the biggest success stories of the Swiss business landscape during the economic downturn, recording a 19 per cent increase in exports last year. In common with other watch makers, Swatch has benefitted from a pronounced surge for its products in Asia and other emerging markets.…

The Swiss are voting on extra vacation

This content was published on Feb 28, 2012

Swatch foresees 1,000 new hires worldwide

This content was published on Feb 26, 2012 In an interview with Der Sonntag newspaper on Sunday, Hayek said he was always involved in hiring decisions at the Swiss watchmaking giant, which currently employs 28,000 people. He said that he and his management team were against hiring for the short term and then dismissing employees as needed. “This helped us to avoid letting…

Moonlighting wins converts in Switzerland

This content was published on Feb 21, 2012 That’s the finding of a study carried out in the French-speaking part of Switzerland by a team of sociologists. The survey came four years after parliament tightened legal provisions, and followed an information drive aimed at clamping down on undeclared work practices. Moonlighting is a legitimate means to get by if money is scarce, according…

Slight increase reported in unemployment

This content was published on Feb 8, 2012 According to figures released on Wednesday by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, 134,317 people were getting unemployment benefit at the end of January, 3,655 more than in December. The jobless rate for the 15-24 age bracket was also slightly higher at 3.5 per cent and concerned 19,417 people. Compared with January 2011, however, overall…

Benefits of extra holiday debated ahead of vote

This content was published on Feb 6, 2012 Voters will have the final say on the initiative in a nationwide ballot on March 11. The Travail Suisse umbrella group is supported by the Trade Union Federation and centre-left parties. Increased productivity and more stress at the workplace justify more holidays for employees to recover, according to the unions. “Working life is a marathon,…

Gambling funds culture, sport and pensions

This content was published on Jan 31, 2012 The constitutional amendment will come to a nationwide vote on March 11 amid increasing competition from game operators abroad following the partial liberalisation of the gambling and betting regulations in Switzerland more than ten years ago. The vote on money games – one of five issues to be decided on – may seem a simple…

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