Across most of Switzerland there is no minimum wage. This week, a federal parliamentary commission voted in favour of challenging the applicability of these minimum wages, reported RTS. A federal parliamentary motion, endorsed this week by a commission, aims to give pay rates reached in national wage agreements precedence over cantonal minimum wages. Rules that gave negotiated pay deals priority over minimum wages would solve the issue, they argue. The governments of Geneva and Neuchâtel reject the idea and described it as a violation of the will of voters – minimum wages were endorsed in these cantons by a majority of voters in cantonal referenda.

Source: Le News October 29, 2022 09:39 UTC