Swiss people work only 31 hours a week

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The Swiss are a hardworking people. This is the common view. But if you do the math, you get a different picture. As the “SonntagsZeitung” reports, Swiss people only work 31 hours a week. And that’s every time the economy is desperately looking for skilled workers! Main reason: Part-time work is very popular.

The numbers are impressive: On average, almost one in five and one no longer work 100 percent. That’s double the number of employees in 1991. Only one in two women works full time. The proportion of men working part-time is increasing every year. They value a good work-life balance. Or they don’t want to miss their growing child.

The skill gap is getting worse

“So we fell under the French 35-hour week rule, which we often smile at,” Stefan Wolter, professor of educational economics at the University of Bern, tells the “SonntagsZeitung”. First of all, well-trained employees will reduce their working hours. “A cashier can’t afford that,” he says. For Wolter, this is a dangerous development.

After all, the less you work, the less tax you pay. Education is reaching its limits financially. AHV has no money. In addition, the shortage of skilled workers is increasing. Calculations show: A full-time doctor until retirement pays CHF 500,000 to the AHV.

Wolter’s demand has the potential to explode: “Anyone who has worked less than 70 percent in their entire working life must reimburse their working expenses.” (be)

Source :Blick