Flexible working hours are on the rise in Switzerland
Published: Friday, Jul 5th 2024, 11:50
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More and more people in Switzerland are working without a fixed start date. As many as 47.7% of employees benefit from more flexible models such as weekly, monthly or annual working hours. These are the findings of the latest labor force survey conducted by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO).
As the FSO announced on Friday, around 1.8 million out of a total of around 3.8 million people worked weekly or monthly hours, annual hours or without formal requirements last year. A total of 1.9 million people had a fixed start and end date.
Ten years ago, 57.2% of employees still had inflexible working hours and 42.4% had flexible working hours. Last year, more men (51.8%) benefited from flexible working hours than women (43.3%).
Part-time work continues to increase
Every year, the Swiss Labor Force Survey (SFS) provides a wealth of data on work in Switzerland. This year, for example, the BSF also shows that part-time work has continued to rise. The annual average rose from 37% in 2022 to 37.6% in 2023, compared to 34.9% ten years ago.
A quarter of employees regularly work at the weekend. 26.5 percent of employees regularly work on Saturdays and 15.8 percent regularly work on Sundays. Women are more likely to work at weekends than men. People work at weekends in restaurants, hotels and in agriculture, for example.
Many pensioners work on call
In 2023, 8.3 percent of employees worked on call. This form of work was particularly common among people of retirement age. 25.4% of pensioners who are still working work in this way. This is also the case for a relatively large number of 15 to 24-year-olds.
Almost two in five employees work from home or telework at least occasionally, namely 38.4 percent of employees. In the information and communication sector, teleworking, for which the internet is used, is particularly widespread.
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