Recent news

Latest items of recent news relevant to Switzerland as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.

Switzerland: Scheme to regularize illegal immigrants

The Canton of Geneva has been quietly running a scheme called Papyrus for the last fifteen months to regularize illegal immigrants …

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Switzerland/Croatia: Partial widening of access

The EU/Swiss protocol on free movement of persons has now been extended by Switzerland to citizens of Croatia …

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Switzerland: Quota deadline

Swiss legislators have until February 9th 2017 to introduce a new set of quotas on foreign workers …

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Switzerland: Priority for locals

A referendum in Switzerland last weekend resulted in support within the southern Italian-speaking Canton of Ticino for a proposal giving residents priority in the labour market …

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Switzerland: Swiss reject income for all

77% of those voting in last weekend’s referendum opposed a proposal for all Swiss residents to be given a guaranteed income, whether or not they were employed …

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Switzerland: Deadline for applying for citizenship

Foreign nationals who have lived in Switzerland for 12 years or more now have only until the end of this year to obtain Swiss citizenship …

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Switzerland: Basic income to be trialled prior to referendum

Ahead of a national referendum in June, the Swiss city of Lausanne has decided to experiment with offering a basic income to a section of its 150,000 citizens …

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Switzerland: Right to live and work restrictions to be lifted

All restrictions on Bulgarian and Romanian citizens’ right to live and work in Switzerland will be lifted from June 1st 2016 …

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Switzerland: Citizens to vote on guaranteed income for all

On June 5th 2016 the Swiss people will vote on a proposed guaranteed basic monthly income from the state of 2,500 francs (2,455 US dollars) per month …

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Switzerland: Gender pay gap narrows

The latest statistics published by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office demonstrate that the pay difference between male and female workers in the private sector in Switzerland fell gradually between 2009 and 2012 from 25% to 21 …

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Switzerland: New collective agreement for temporary workers

Employers and trade unions in Switzerland have reached agreement on the terms of a new collective bargaining agreement for the temporary work sector …

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Switzerland: Wages increasing at less than 1%

In 2014, average nominal wages in Switzerland increased by 0 …

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Switzerland: Rise in cross-border commuters

According to the Swiss Federal Statistical Office, the proportion of foreign cross-border commuters working in Switzerland rose by 3 …

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Switzerland: Bill on new immigration quotas

The Swiss government has unveiled a Bill that would impose new quotas on EU workers from February 2017 …

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Switzerland: Questions over legitimacy of employers’ responses to currency appreciation

The recent decision of the Swiss National Bank to abandon its currency ceiling of 1 …

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