Geneva Votes for the Reduced Minimum Wage for Holiday Jobs

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Students with semester holiday jobs will earn 25 percent less in the future. The 18.44 francs per hour is the number one.

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On Sunday, more than six out of ten Genevans accepted that students should be paid less than the other employees when they worked during school holidays. A victory for the right and the Council of State who were worried about a shortage of this type of jobs "And now we are going to table a bill to eliminate the minimum wage!" Silence. "I am laughing of course. You would have had a scoop!" Pierre Nicollier, boss of the Geneva-based PLR, was in th…

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A clear majority of the Geneva electorate agreed on Sunday to exclude summer jobs from the minimum wage, according to anticipated results. For the right-wing and the employers, the reduction of a quarter of the minimum remuneration for students must enable the reduction of this type of job, which is considered too costly.

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The minimum wage in Geneva will be reduced by a quarter for summer jobs. The legislative amendment was approved in Sunday's referendum with 61.15% voting "yes," according to initial results based on postal ballots.