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Georg Fischer cuts 2,300 jobs

This content was published on May 28, 2009 “In the wave of an unprecedented market slump,” the Schaffhausen-based company said on Thursday the cuts would amount to 16 per cent of its workforce. A quarter of the job losses will come from positions in Switzerland. The company said it “regrets” the cuts and the effects it will have on the people concerned. In…

Labour figures show weakening job market

This content was published on May 26, 2009 Figures for the first quarter of 2009 show the number of employed people and the number of jobs increased by 0.6 and 0.8 per cent, respectively. But the rate of growth is slower than in the same period last year and employment figures are the weakest in four years. Manufacturing and other second-sector industries suffered…

Tax rates lower than in comparable countries

This content was published on May 12, 2009 The study, Taxing Wages, drawn up by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), puts Switzerland in 24th position out of its 30 member states. It says that in 2008 a single person earning an average wage was left with SFr70.5 ($63.6) for every SFr100 which they cost their employer. In the 30 OECD…

Older workers belie stereotypes

This content was published on May 11, 2009 A report suggests that this is quite justified. It found that although younger workers have the reputation of being more efficient, dynamic and flexible, older workers still have plenty to offer. The proportion of Swiss people aged between 55 and 64 years in some form of employment has risen from 63.5 per cent to 68.4…

Police quash May Day riot with rubber bullets

This content was published on May 1, 2009 Police said about 300 masked troublemakers started brawls and damaging property in the city around 3.30pm on Friday, when officers moved in to restore order. Thirty people were arrested. A demonstration earlier in the day had unfolded largely without incident in Switzerland’s biggest city. Tamils participated in particularly large numbers, observers said, adding significantly to…

Out of work

This content was published on Apr 28, 2009 A visit to the OSEO labour facilitation agency in Vevey, where staff help young people to improve their skills and find work. (November 2004, swissinfo)

Pension cuts widely opposed

This content was published on Apr 8, 2009 A number of leftwing groups and consumers’ organisations delivered more than 200,000 signatures to the Federal Chancellery in Bern on Wednesday, over four times as many as are required. The Chancellery must now check that the votes are genuine. Opponents of any law passed by parliament can seek to overturn it in a referendum, which…

How the economic crisis affects a young father’s life

This content was published on Apr 4, 2009

Mortality rate continues to fall

This content was published on Mar 23, 2009 There has been little fluctuation in the number of deaths in recent years despite a rise in population, according to the Federal Statistics Office. Last year, the Swiss population increased by 1.4 per cent to 7.7 million. Even though they account for more than one in every three deaths, cardiovascular diseases are on the decline…

Recession also means unemployment behind bars

This content was published on Mar 9, 2009

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