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Swiss Employee Rights Are Falling: “Regular Violations Of Rights”

Swiss Employee Rights Are Falling: “Regular Violations Of Rights”

Mi, Jun 12th 2024

Switzerland scores poorly in ITUC’s index due to inadequate protection against abusive dismissals, highlighting frequent violations of labor rights.

KEYSTONE/Christian Beutler

The Swiss labor market scores poorly in terms of employee rights. Switzerland has been relegated in the International Trade Union Confederation’s (ITUC) index on trade union freedom and the protection of labor rights. It now only receives a score of 3 on a scale of 1 to 5, which corresponds to “regular violations of rights”.

According to the Swiss Federation of Trade Unions (SGB), the main reason for the devaluation is the inadequate protection against abusive dismissals that has been in place for years. This is the conclusion of a report published on Wednesday at a conference of the International Labor Organization (ILO) in Geneva.

In a statement, the SGB criticized Switzerland for failing to meet its international obligations and allowing employees “who stand up for their colleagues to be arbitrarily punished and lose their jobs”.

Specifically, 21 people were abusively dismissed in the last reporting period because they were union activists. For example, they had campaigned for collective rights as provided for in collective employment agreements (CEAs).

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