The aid package by the Federal Council for the ailing Swiss economy takes on gigantic proportions. Until today, 1.2 million were granted short-time work requests and emergency loans in the amount of 15 billion Swiss francs, is spoken.
Still have yet to be reached, not all individuals the safety of shore. Especially the 300 000 are threatened Temporary employees in Switzerland. Although the Federal Council has on 20. March for you, short-time work allows. But, as it was for many of them, already too late – they were previously fired.
the unemployed rate is 2.7 per cent,
Susana Piccirillo (34) caught it at 17. March. From the packaging Department of the metal processing company Hydrel AG, Romanshorn, TG, she was quoted as saying to the chief of staff. “I was Bang released on the case,” says Piccirillo. The chief explained to her, because of the Corona-crisis orders decreased. Together with a temporary worker she had to leave the company.
Since the beginning of March, it is given to Thousands of employees the same. The unemployment rate rose from 2.5 to 2.7 percent. 26 000 new unemployed, it is only since the middle of the month. Every day 2000. “The short-time working on starts a lot,” says Mathias Binswanger (57), Professor of Economics at the University of applied Sciences North-Western Switzerland. “But if the crisis lasts longer, is the unemployment Problem.”
After receipt of the notice of termination Susana Piccirillo worked on, because the period of notice runs until mid-April. Then she heard of the new measures of the Federal Council, and asked the head of the company, on the future endings to come back. “Finally, the work has increased for us, Temporary even, because now many are employees in short-time work,” she says. “And now, the company would have the possibility to apply also for us, short-time work, if it was really necessary.”
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But the chief refused. A second blow to the neck for the mother of four children, whose husband had already been close before, his Coiffeur business due to Corona. “That blew me away,” she says.
Sunday view has asked the Hydrel AG. Chief of staff Gerardo Vivas explains: “at the beginning of the crisis, we are overwhelmed.” Now you have reviewed the decision. “The notices of termination will be cancelled in mutual agreement. We are pleased to be able to these deserving employees beyond the crisis hold.”
Unfortunately, many companies and agencies to see that even after the Federal Council’s prescribed short-time working, Temporary different. “The bureaucracy is too big,” said Vania Alleva (50), President of the trade Union Unia. “Still every day are Temporary, and people in the hourly wage dismissed. The shaft breaks off and makes us very concerned.” Alleva calls, therefore, on a generous interpretation of the short-time work for Temporary and salaried employees paid by the hour. “Their contracts must apply at least until the end of the crisis.”
Coronavirus
The Coronavirus currently holds the world in suspense. Many countries are taking measures such as Closing schools or limiting public events, to prevent the spread. In Switzerland, too, the grass, the Virus magnetized. All of the current information and Figures around the topic there is in the Coronavirus-Ticker.
I Have the corona virus or just the flu?
The Coronavirus spreads further – also in Switzerland. Especially in the flu season, you can assess for yourself whether one is ill with the Coronavirus, or whether you just have an ordinary flu. The differences are subtle, but they exist. VIEWS is defined.
protection against Coronavirus
recommendations of the Federal office for health, how you can protect yourself:
Hygiene
wash your hands: Wash your hands regularly with soap and water or use a Hand sanitizer. Don’t sneeze, you Sneeze into the hands, or cough in a handkerchief; or if you have none, in the bend of your elbow. Handkerchiefs to dispose of properly: paper towels, should be disposed of after use in a closed waste bin. You stay in fever and cough necessarily at home.
contact minimize
Stay home and avoid wherever possible contact with people. You go only in the following exceptional situations, out of the house: the food doctor shopping or pharmacy visit / the home office is for your job not possible / you have to help other people. You keep if possible 2 meters distance to your fellow human beings, for example, in a line or at meetings. Avoid contact with people breathing or have a cough. You avoid public transport. You can be all that is possible to home deliver. Important: No welcome kiss, no hugs, no shaking hands.
stay Informed
Note the local instructions and recommendations. Strictly to the rules and announcements of the authorities. Infoline Coronavirus: 058 463 00 00, 24 hours a day available Info-page of the BAG: bag-coronavirus.
when should the ch one to the doctor?
do not Go out in the symptoms (difficulty breathing, cough, or fever) in the Public and contact you immediately – first by phone, a Doctor, a doctor or a health care facility.
patience
remains The Situation until Further notice. The Federal government informed in regular intervals about the current developments. It applies now more than ever: peace and quiet preserved, and the thing in common to serve.
