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).

Workers paid lowest wage for army boots

Fri, 18 Nov 2016 10:18:17 +0100

The Swiss army is manufacturing boots for its soldiers in Romania at the cost of just two francs an hour, according to a television report.

Unions launch campaign for minimum wage

Thu, 27 Feb 2014 17:48:00 +0100

Full-time employees are entitled to a wage they can live on, the Swiss Trade Union Federation said on Thursday at the launch of its minimum wage campaign.

Swiss unemployment rises in December

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:14:00 +0100

Switzerland's unemployment rate rose to 3.3 percent in December, an increase of 0.2 percentage points from the month before, the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco) said on Monday.

Tobacco workers top Swiss wage poll

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:52:00 +0100

The average Swiss earned a gross monthly wage of 5,979 francs ($6,490) last year, official figures published on Monday showed.