In the interest of Switzerland as a business location, the Federal Council wants to allow third-country nationals with a university degree from areas with a proven shortage of skilled workers to work in Switzerland. With this in mind, the state government, at the behest of parliament, has decided to amend the Aliens and Integration Act (AIG) as announced.
Graduates with a master’s degree or a doctorate will in future be exempted from the third country quota upon admission to the labor market. This means that under certain circumstances they can also work in Switzerland if the fixed quota for people from countries outside the EU/EFTA countries has already been used up. This implements a motion by National Alderman FDP and entrepreneur Marcel Dobler (42). He had demanded that expensive specialists trained in Switzerland could also work here.
Up to 300 people per year
However, the exception to the maximum number of foreign university graduates admitted to the labor market should only apply if the position to be performed is of great scientific or economic importance.
An estimated 200 to 300 people would benefit from this every year. According to the Federal Council, those involved have been trained in local academic institutions and are generally already well integrated into Swiss society.
Also required solution for others
But the shortage of skilled labor no longer affects only academics. To simplify the search for skilled people for the catering industry, gastroenterprise and SP Landsraad Mustafa Atici (53) recently submitted a similar proposal. (SDA/sf)