Switzerland - Wage increase and social plan negotiated for postal workers - October 19, 2010

At a special conference of the Swiss Communications Union, Syndicom, postal workers have agreed to a negotiated wage increase of 2.8%. This consists of 1% increase granted to all employees, 0.8% of payroll to be devoted to individual increases, and finally, the Post will pay the entire employee's contribution to the improvement of the Post Office Pension Fund, worth 1% of the wage sum. The wage negotiations have been conducted this year in parallel to negotiations on a broad package of measures to maintain security of employment for all staff in the event of future restructuring. The new social plan that was also approved includes support for job search in-house or external special financial assistance for professional job search, part-time work made available from 58 years of age, and the opportunity to take early retirement from 62. 

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