Workers at Geneva airport could go on strike with only two hours advance warning after negotiations over pay with airport operator Swissport broke down.
The median salary for working people in Switzerland reached 6,189 francs ($6,035) a month last year, according to figures released this week by the federal statistics office (FSO).
Top managers of Swiss companies continue to see their pay rise at significantly higher rates than for the lowest paid workers in their organizations, a new study released on Monday says.
The Swiss business federation, Economiesuisse, is digesting the result of Sunday’s historic ballot on an initiative to rein in executive pay, which voters approved overwhelmingly.
<p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium;">
<div style="background-color: transparent;"><span id="internal-source-marker_0.6248058916535228" style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Farnair, a small cargo airline based near Basel, has decided to reduce the salaries of its cross-border workers by 10 percent and pay them in euros, in a move slammed by unions and experts as "discriminatory" and "xenophobic". </span></div>
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