The jobless: more time for indoor gardening - not what they want

Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Unemployment in Switzerland increased to 3.9 percent of the working population in September, according to figures released by the  State Secretariat for Economic Affairs 7 October. Almost 58,500 more people were out of work at the end September than a year earlier.

Geneva’s unemployment rate remains the highest in the country, at seven percent. The French-speaking part of Switzerland is particularly affected, with every canton at or above the national average:

• Vaud 5.4 percent
• Neuchatel 6.4 percent
• Valais 3.8 percent
• Jura 5.7 percent.

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