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.
Posted by Sean Ecker on 7 October 2009 at 13:01 | permalink
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News story, GenevaLunch, 7 October 2009.
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Tags: Business, Community, SECO, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, Swiss jobless, Switzerland, unemployment in September
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