https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The Swiss government announced on Wednesday that new rules making it compulsory for the country's largest firms to carry out equal pay reporting will come into force on July 1st 2020. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190822/large-swiss-firms-must-start-gender-pay-gap-reporting-in-2020 Thu, 22 Aug 2019 10:40:37 +0200 large-swiss-firms-must-start-gender-pay-gap-reporting-in-2020 A new survey looking at Swiss incomes last year reveals just how much men earned compared to women across a range of sectors. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190625/revealed-the-true-size-of-switzerlands-gender-pay-gap-swiss-salaries-womens-rights Wed, 26 Jun 2019 00:21:47 +0200 revealed-the-true-size-of-switzerlands-gender-pay-gap-swiss-salaries-womens-rights The upper house of the Swiss parliament on Wednesday backed the introduction of quotas on the number of women serving in management and on the boards of large companies in Switzerland. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190620/swiss-senate-backs-quotas-for-women-at-top-levels-of-business Thu, 20 Jun 2019 11:57:56 +0200 swiss-senate-backs-quotas-for-women-at-top-levels-of-business A new study shows that the Swiss banking industry is beset by serious problems in the form of a growing pay gap between men and women. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190612/gender-wage-gap-grows-in-swiss-banking-sector-finance-salaries-switzerland Wed, 12 Jun 2019 13:17:30 +0200 gender-wage-gap-grows-in-swiss-banking-sector-finance-salaries-switzerland Nearly 30 years after staging a first nationwide strike for equal pay, women across Switzerland say they are preparing fresh action to push for wage parity next week. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190604/swiss-women-strike-for-equal-pay-again-three-decades-on Tue, 04 Jun 2019 11:20:35 +0200 swiss-women-strike-for-equal-pay-again-three-decades-on From paternity leave to more subsidized day-care centres or measures to reduce the gender pay gap, Zurich-based think tank Foraus argues in a new paper that the federal government must act across Switzerland to empower women in the workplace. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190416/swiss-think-tank-proposes-several-measures-to-strengthen-gender-equality-in-the-economy Tue, 16 Apr 2019 12:20:44 +0200 swiss-think-tank-proposes-several-measures-to-strengthen-gender-equality-in-the-economy The Swiss government wants to force small companies to examine their rates of pay every four years in an attempt to highlight and overcome the issue of salary inequality between men and women. https://www.thelocal.ch/20161027/bern-companies-should-report-salary-inequalities-by-law Thu, 27 Oct 2016 11:35:35 +0200 bern-companies-should-report-salary-inequalities-by-law Equality between the sexes in Switzerland has taken a step backwards in the past year, as the country slips out of the top ten in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2016. https://www.thelocal.ch/20161026/report-swiss-progress-slows-on-gender-equality Wed, 26 Oct 2016 12:54:55 +0200 report-swiss-progress-slows-on-gender-equality Switzerland has one of the largest gender pay gaps in Europe, meaning from Friday October 21st women in the country will effectively be working for free for the rest of 2016, according to a report. https://www.thelocal.ch/20161021/swiss-women-will-work-for-free-for-the-rest-of-year Fri, 21 Oct 2016 11:05:35 +0200 swiss-women-will-work-for-free-for-the-rest-of-year The pay gap between women and men in Switzerland is above the average in Europe and has risen since 2008, a new study shows. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150305/swiss-pay-gap-for-women Thu, 05 Mar 2015 22:18:30 +0100 swiss-pay-gap-for-women