GenevaLunch » workers http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Sun, 27 May 2012 09:11:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Swiss weekend weather (update)http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/11/swiss-weekend-weather-update/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/11/swiss-weekend-weather-update/#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:30:42 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66512 GenevaLunch.com Click on images to view larger: Valais avalanche, Lake Geneva ice skirts being formed Bern man dies in Valais avalanche Update 11 February 14:10   GENEVA / SION, SWITZERLAND – There is good news for skiers: the strong winds that were forecast have died down and slopes are open everywhere, with blue skies the rule. [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/11/swiss-weekend-weather-update/feed/ 0 Women lag 18% behind men for Swiss salaries: new stats show devil in the detailhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/28/women-lag-18-behind-men-for-swiss-salaries-new-stats-show-devil-in-the-detail/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/28/women-lag-18-behind-men-for-swiss-salaries-new-stats-show-devil-in-the-detail/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:14:50 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=64161 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss Federal Statistical Offices new figures for average earnings in Switzerland show women making barely any progress in catching up with men for equal pay. The average salary in 2010 was CHF5,979, but the spread was large: women made on average  CHF5221 and men CHF6,397. Differences are explained to some extent [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/28/women-lag-18-behind-men-for-swiss-salaries-new-stats-show-devil-in-the-detail/feed/ 0 Irish employers asked to pay for workers’ sick leavehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/15/irish-employers-asked-to-pay-for-workers-sick-leave/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/15/irish-employers-asked-to-pay-for-workers-sick-leave/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:04:16 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63561 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Ireland’s employers’ will soon be asked by the government to foot €150 million to cover the cost of the first four weeks of workers’ sick leave, the Irish Times reports. The cost is currently covered by the Ministry for Social Protection, which has been told to cut its budget in December by [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/15/irish-employers-asked-to-pay-for-workers-sick-leave/feed/ 0 Two MSF workers kidnapped at Kenya’s Dabaab refugee camp, driver shothttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/13/two-msf-workers-kidnapped-at-kenyas-dabaab-refugee-camp-driver-shot/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/13/two-msf-workers-kidnapped-at-kenyas-dabaab-refugee-camp-driver-shot/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:36:20 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62460 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Two women, Medecin Sans Frontieres (MSF) staff, were kidnapped at 13:20 Thursday 13 October from the Ifo extension area of the Dadaab refugee complex in Kenya. Their driver is undergoing urgent medical treatment after being shot. Dadaab is the world’s largest refugee camp, with 463,739 Somali refugees, more than 190,000 of whom [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/13/two-msf-workers-kidnapped-at-kenyas-dabaab-refugee-camp-driver-shot/feed/ 0 Number of employed outpaces European neighbourshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/29/number-of-employed-outpaces-european-neighbours/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/29/number-of-employed-outpaces-european-neighbours/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 08:40:14 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=55855 GenevaLunch.com Neuchatel, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The number of people employed in Switzerland rose by 1.4 percent from January 2010 to January 2011, the Federal Statistics Office says in a report released 29 March. Growth in employment in the European Union during the same one-year period was 0.3 percent. Unemployment, using the ILO (International Labour Organization) definition [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/29/number-of-employed-outpaces-european-neighbours/feed/ 0 Swatch to hire at least 1,000 in Switzerlandhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/01/swatch-to-hire-at-least-1000-in-switzerland/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/01/swatch-to-hire-at-least-1000-in-switzerland/#comments Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:12:13 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=54706 GenevaLunch.com Biel/Bienne and Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Swatch Tuesday 1 March confirmed its strong forecast for 2011 worldwide watch sales by saying it plans to hire 1,000-1,500 workers in 2011, at its Swiss plants, to keep up with demand. The company added 1,600 new employees, worldwide, in 2010. Chief executive Nick Hayek told Le Temps newspaper [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/01/swatch-to-hire-at-least-1000-in-switzerland/feed/ 1 Swiss unions “satisfied” with 1.5-2.5% salary increaseshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/12/20/swiss-unions-satisfied-with-1-5-2-5-salary-increases/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/12/20/swiss-unions-satisfied-with-1-5-2-5-salary-increases/#comments Mon, 20 Dec 2010 14:15:25 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=51424 GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Travail.Suisse, a union that represents 170,000 workers in three major industries, says it is “satisfied” with salaries negotiated for 2011, up to 3 percent in some cases. The construction business is the only one where negotiators have failed to agree, with companies recommending a 1 percent increase, turned down by the [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/12/20/swiss-unions-satisfied-with-1-5-2-5-salary-increases/feed/ 0 Spain tightens its belt, accepts labour reformshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/06/23/spain-tightens-its-belt-accepts-labor-reforms/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/06/23/spain-tightens-its-belt-accepts-labor-reforms/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:53:17 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=43957 GenevaLunch.com The Parliament in Spain has voted to ratify labour reforms geared to lower unemployment in the country. Measures include promoting youth employment and cutting the cost of firing workers. The reform follows an austerity plan aimed at slashing the deficit of 11 percent of GDP in 2009 to 3 percent by 2013. Other sources: BBC, [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/06/23/spain-tightens-its-belt-accepts-labor-reforms/feed/ 0 Working 3 extra hours a day is bad for heartshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/05/11/working-3-extra-hours-a-day-is-bad-for-hearts/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/05/11/working-3-extra-hours-a-day-is-bad-for-hearts/#comments Tue, 11 May 2010 19:36:18 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=41794 GenevaLunch.com Working 7-8 hours a day is fine, and the extra hour of overtime won’t hurt too much, but the risk of heart problems rises significantly when people put in more overtime. A UK study that is part of the larger Whitehall II 20-year tracking of the health of British workers shows that the risk is [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/05/11/working-3-extra-hours-a-day-is-bad-for-hearts/feed/ 0 It’s official: that big office can make you sickhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/27/its-official-that-big-office-can-make-you-sick/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/27/its-official-that-big-office-can-make-you-sick/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 11:31:49 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=40864 GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – It’s official: big offices are more likely to make workers take time off work, fall sick and in general suffer more misery than smaller office spaces. A new study of Swiss offices shows that the larger the office space, the more complaints increase about the physical environment: surrounding noise from background [...]

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