Minimum salary of CHF 4000: a risky "Genevoiserie"
It could trigger a snowball effect in other cantons and at the federal level.
by Rémy Delalande, political and economic affairs specialist
The Geneva minimum wage of 4,000 euros provoked the astonished outburst of laughter of Parisian journalists commenting it on the TV channel CNews (see illustration 1): No, this is not a Swiss joke but rather a "Genevoiserie". Whose fault is it? The failure to adapt collective bargaining agreements? The failure to adress unregulated workers contracts? What are the risks of a spillover effect in other cantons or at the federal level?