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The proposal, from unions and left-wing parties, was approved with 58 percent of the vote and should take effect on October 17.
It was a “sign of solidarity” with the city’s poor, responded Michel Charrat, president of the European Cross-Border Group, which supports those who live and work between the borders of France and Switzerland.
France 3 television reported that the Swiss city, whose economy depends on tourism and business travel, has been greatly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and theThe growing queues of people outside food banks have been a shock to city dwellers..
“Covid-19 showed that a certain part of the Swiss population cannot live in Geneva,” he said. “The minimum, in order not to fall below the poverty line and be in a very difficult situation, is 4,000 Swiss francs (3,715.35 euros) “per month, he said.
The measure will benefit 30,000 low-paid workers, two-thirds of whom are women, he added.Geneva is considered the third most expensive city in the world, behind Zurich and Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan.
The largest beneficiaries of the measure will be the approximately 300,000 workers who live in France but work in Switzerland.
Before the vote last Sunday, Alexander Eniline of the Swiss Labor Party said that “The introduction of a minimum wage is a fundamental requirement of justice and a fundamental measure against precariousness.He added that claims that the minimum wage will destroy jobs and increase unemployment “are unfounded.”
Swiss wages may or may not be regulated by the authorities of the 26 cantons that make up the country. Two other cantons, Jura and Neuchâtel, already apply a minimum wage of 18.57 euros per hour. The rest of the country does not have such a measure.
The working hour will be paid in Geneva at just under € 21.50, double that in France, with a guaranteed monthly salary of 4,086 Swiss francs (3,794.32 euros) for a 41-hour week, or 49,000 Swiss francs (45,505.83 euros) per year.In France, the minimum wage is 10.15 euros per hour and 1,539.42 euros per month for a 35-hour week.
In mainland Portugal, the monthly minimum wage was set at 635.0 euros, for an annual total of 8,890 euros, corresponding to 14 months. Divided into 12 months, it will be 740.8 euros per month. The working week varies between 35.00 per week applied in the state sector and 40.00 per week in the private sector.
The measure was voted on Sunday, September 27 in Geneva, in the same vote in which the Swiss rejected a proposal against the free movement of European Union citizens in the country.
