32 minutes agoSwitzerland facing shortage of workers
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)During August 2021 the unemployment rate in Switzerland, according to the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), was 2.7 percent, 0.1 percentage points lower than last month. Moreover, it is 0.5 percent below the level of the same month of last year. Unemployment generally or unemployment in Switzerland [...]
Unemployment generally or unemployment in Switzerland can be measured in various ways: at the level of the unemployment statistics are estimated at all persons registered at regional employment centres (RAV).
Companies recruiting workers in Switzerland say they are constantly facing the problem of finding workers.
Representatives of companies say the most pronounced lack is during the summer season, when the volume of work on most economic operators increases, not all unemployed are interested in working due to summer holidays.
There are also statistics according to standards of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), which is based on surveys on employment in Switzerland.
The unemployment rate in Switzerland has scored from 2017 to 2019. However, because of the effects of the Corona crisis, it rose a little bit again in 2020.
From a regional point of view, it is the highest in western Switzerland, speaking French and lowest in Central and Eastern Switzerland cantons. /Okinfo. ch
