"The Backlog Is Falling, but It Will Take Several Weeks Before We Are in the Green": Delays Persist in the Payment of Unemployment Benefits

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The State Secretariat for the Economy on Wednesday came to a point after the technical problems which caused delays in payment for the beneficiaries of unemploymentHow many people in Switzerland are still suffering from delays in the payment of their unemployment benefits?Since the introduction of SIPAC 2.0 on January 6, the new payment system of the State Secretariat for the Economy (Seco) has experienced significant computer bugs, many of whic…

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On Wednesday, Seco assured that the situation was stabilizing after the big computer bug of January, which deprived thousands of unemployed people of their benefits. Moreover, the unemployment rate in Switzerland fell slightly in March to 3.1%, a decrease of 0.1 percentage points compared to February.