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1 Jan Sunday New Year’s Day Common local holiday All cantons 2 Jan Monday Berchtold Day Common local holiday 15 cantons 26 Mar Sunday Daylight Saving Time starts Clock change/Daylight Saving Time 7 Apr Friday Good Friday Common local holiday All cantons except TI, VS 9 Apr Sunday Easter Sunday Observance 10 Apr Monday Easter … Read more
September 2022 Company Employment and Job News In Switzerland 07.09.22 Switzerland – Russian Sberbank becomes Swiss with a new name and over 60 jobs are saved The Russian owners and related intermediaries or investors within the group owning Sberbank (Switzerland) AG are selling the institution to Geneva-based m3 Groupe Holding SA. FINMA is closely overseeing … Read more
July 2022 Unemployment Update Registered unemployed figures for July 2022 from the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). What was the total number of people unemployed in July 2022 in Switzerland? The situation on the labour market in July 2022 According to surveys by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) of the local RAV … Read more
January 2022 Unemployment Update Registered unemployed figures for January 2022 from the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). What was the total number of people unemployed in January 2022 in Switzerland? Registered unemployment in January 2022 according to the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) was a total of 122,268 people registered as unemployed. This was … Read more
Contents Clean Drinking Water and Healthy Food – linking subsidies to pesticide use The Swiss electorate will vote on the Popular Initiative which links federal subsidies and their control or withdrawal because of a farmer using pesticides and prophylactic antibiotics on his farm. A new range of environmental conditions will also be introduced requiring compliance … Read more
Swiss ‘burka ban’ Accepted By Majority – To Become Law The first national votes of 2021 brought international surprise and the expected “yes” vote for the burka ban. Switzerland voted for a ban on facial coverings including the Muslim burka and niqab in public spaces. Full facial veils will still be allowed to be worn … Read more
A lot of options exist as to where to get a German course in Zurich More than 500 German language courses are offered by dozens of schools in Zurich as well as independent teachers registered as self-employed in the city commercial register. There has been an explosion in course offerings as a result of the … Read more
Contents Introduction to Job boards Good job boards help you attract qualified candidates, on the flip side for candidates, they have an opportunity to look at not so well known job boards for a job in Zurich or Switzerland. The candidates also benefit from having a good job board which reflects their needs for a … Read more
Good Swiss turnout to vote on the 27 September 2020 Switzerland got a chance to vote yesterday and there was a mix of proposals because of the impact of COVID-19 which had delayed the previous planned vote. Close to 5.4 million Swiss citizens, including registered expatriate Swiss, were eligible to take part in the votes. … Read more
Some Minimum Wage History In Switzerland low-paying jobs like waiting staff, cleaners, taxi drivers and others account for over 12% of the working population. This excludes the gig economy and competition for jobs and hiring remains very strong. In 2014 voters in Switzerland rejected plans for a nationwide minimum wage set at CHF22 an hour. … Read more