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A minimum wage of 4,086 Swiss francs per month, or approximately 3,800 euros for all workers: this is what the Canton of Geneva in Switzerland approved. This is the highest figure in the world, established after an “ad hoc” referendum. Already in 2011 and 2014 the citizens of the Swiss canton were called to vote on the issue: both times the “no” had won. Now things seem to have changed due to the economic crisis generated by the Covid-19 pandemic.
In Geneva, Switzerland, the highest minimum wage in the world.
This was decided by the 500 thousand with voting rights of the Canton in referendum last Sunday, in which 58% of the preferences were in favor of the proposal desired by left-wing parties, after the same reform had been rejected several times in the past by Swiss voters. The text foresees a salary of 23 francs an hour (just over 21 euros) for 41 hours of work a week, which makes it the highest minimum wage in the world. Switzerland does not impose a national minimum wage and Geneva thus becomes the third canton to adopt one after those of Jura and Neuchatel where it is 20 francs an hour.
Geneva is one of the most expensive cities in the world
The measure was especially expected by unions and left-wing parties given that Geneva is one of the most expensive cities in the world (and life is expensive in the country in general), to the point that more than 300,000 Swiss workers live in the neighboring France, where costs are lower. The canton of Geneva is highly dependent on tourism and, in particular, on the influx of travelers arriving for business or diplomatic reasons, as the city is home to the second UN headquarters: the region has suffered especially from the crisis linked to the pandemic Mainly due to travel restrictions, and more and more families are turning to street food distribution.
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Michel Charrat of the European Cross-Border Group, an association that supports cross-border workers, told France 3 television that the result of the vote marked a “movement of solidarity” with the poor that would help “restore a certain balance between people”. of Greater Geneva. “The reform will come into effect on October 17 and will benefit some 30,000 low-paid workers, two-thirds of them women, many of them employed as cleaners or in restaurants or hairdressers.
