The Local Switzerland

One in eight workers in Switzerland are 'low-income earners'

Tue, 16 Jul 2019 10:49:20 +0200

A total of 12 percent of full-time employees in Switzerland had an income of less than 4,335 Swiss francs (€3,900) a month in 2016, making them low-income earners, according to new figures from the Swiss Federal Statistics Office (FSO).

'Sky-high' executive salaries slammed by Swiss unions

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 10:43:19 +0200

A 2013 referendum that aimed to rein in sky-high executive salaries in Switzerland has failed to bring about the desired results.

Zurich and Geneva STILL world's most expensive cities

Wed, 30 May 2018 13:14:33 +0200

A new UBS study shows Zurich and Geneva are still the most expensive cities in the world, but what else does it reveal?

Revealed: the best and worst paid jobs in Switzerland

Tue, 03 Apr 2018 17:28:51 +0200

Talking about incomes is not the done thing in Switzerland but a new book reveals which industries are paying the most as well as who is at the bottom of the income pile.

Bern: companies should report salary inequality by law

Thu, 27 Oct 2016 11:35:35 +0200

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.

Report: Swiss progress slows on gender equality

Wed, 26 Oct 2016 12:54:55 +0200

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.

Swiss women will ‘work for free’ for the rest of year

Fri, 21 Oct 2016 11:05:35 +0200

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.

Rega CEO ‘earns more than a cabinet minister’

Thu, 08 Aug 2013 11:48:00 +0200

Switzerland’s much loved air rescue service, Rega, has flown into a storm of controversy over the remuneration the charity pays its management.

Union slams post office over 'wage dumping'

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:03:32 +0200

Trade union Unia has reacted with anger to what it views as immoral wage dumping after it emerged that a group of Slovakian workers were allegedly being paid €5 ($7) per hour for construction work at a post office in Bern.

Court win for woman paid 40% less than colleague

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:36:10 +0200

Switzerland's Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a woman who sued her company for gender discrimination after she found she was earning 40 percent less than the male co-worker she was supervising.