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Labour reintegration poses a problem for Swiss

This content was published on Oct 13, 2009 The report, commissioned by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco) in Bern, examined the cases of 1,529 people on social benefit between 2005 and 2006 in the cities of Lausanne, Biel, Basel, Lucerne and St Gallen. “One-third of the people are finding permanent jobs. A third find jobs on a temporary basis and one…

Group proposes raising retirement age

This content was published on Oct 13, 2009 Avenir Suisse, an independent group that promotes social and economic development, said current demographic trends are destabilising Switzerland’s old-age pension fund. By 2026, the retirement age should be 67 years old, up from the current 65, Avenir Suisse said. The group has proposed making the jump gradual by bumping the retirement age back by one…

Financial packages soften hits to labour market

This content was published on Oct 11, 2009 SECO’s chief labour economist, Serge Gaillard, said layoffs could have been much worse as the financial boost saved thousands of jobs and even created some. In an interview with the SonntagsZeitung newspaper, Gaillard said blows to the construction industry had been particularly softened as the money raised more than SFr500 million ($484.5 million) in new…

Swiss hit bottom of salary ladder increase

This content was published on Oct 8, 2009 Hewitt Associates said that among European countries, Switzerland came at the bottom of the salary increase scale. In German-speaking countries, Austria led the pack with an anticipated increase of 2.7 per cent next year, with Germany following at 2.5 per cent. With expected inflation taken into account, real salaries in Switzerland will increase by 1.5…

Retirement home workers charged

This content was published on Oct 5, 2009 The prosecution said on Monday they were seeking sentences and fines for four former staff at the home in Entlisberg in canton Zurich accused of violating the pensioners’ privacy. A fifth former employee who photographed a sleeping resident has already been ordered to pay a fine of SFr500 ($485) and SFr1,500 in lieu of a…

Partially sighted man hopes for a new deal to support the benefit scheme

This content was published on Sep 15, 2009

Parliament baulks at third stimulus package

This content was published on Sep 15, 2009 The package, intended to support the labour market and the unemployed, was reduced by parliamentarians from SFr400 million ($386 million) to just SFr65 million. The parties of the political right refused to extend benefits to the long-term unemployed and young job seekers. The rump package was eventually passed by 94 votes to 87. Unemployment is…

Salary caps may force Nestlé out

This content was published on Sep 13, 2009 “It will be the beginning of the end,” Peter Brabeck-Letmathe told the Sonntag newspaper, after being asked about the impact such a measure would have on the group. “We would be forced to ask ourselves if Switzerland is still the most appropriate place for us.” The food and beverage giant is headquartered in Vevey. The…

Jobless numbers break the 150,000 mark

This content was published on Sep 8, 2009 The situation is becoming more acute for young people, with 29,298 of those in the 15-24 age group affected, an increase of 14 per cent over July. The number increased by 12,533 compared with the same month last year (74.8 per cent). At the end of August, a total of 5,467 more people were without…

Oerlikon cuts jobs, replaces CEO

This content was published on Aug 25, 2009 The Zurich-based firm said on Tuesday that its textile division dragged overall sales down 40 per cent to SFr1.4 billion ($1.32 billion) from the previous year. Uwe Krüger, its chief executive officer since 2007, will leave the company immediately. Oerlikon’s board of directors has nominated Hans Ziegler, a fellow board member, to replace him. It…

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