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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
February 2021 Unemployment Update Registered unemployed figures for February 2021 from the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). What was the total number of people unemployed in February 2021 in Switzerland? According to surveys by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) a total of 167,953 unemployed persons were registered with the Regional Employment Centres … 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
January 2021 Unemployment Update Registered unemployed figures for January 2021 from the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). What was the total number of people unemployed in January 2021 in Switzerland? According to surveys by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) a total of 169,753 unemployed persons were registered with the Regional Employment Centres … 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
October Unemployment figures from the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) awaited. October 2020 Job Cut Announcements 30/10/2020 Swarovski shareholders approve 6,000 job cuts and hundreds of store closures Swarovski shareholders approved the biggest overhaul in the crystal maker’s 125-year history, including 6,000 job cuts, after years of heated discussions among factions of the founding family. … Read more
2021 not far away, no-one traveling for Christmas, this is the last public post. Stay healthy and let us all wish everyone a lovely Christmas and we hope a happy New Year. Quick Links by weekly headers for November 2020 Switzerland – Coronavirus infoline +41 58 463 00 00 Daily 24 hours Infoline only operates … Read more