Federal popular initiative "6 weeks vacation for everyone"
The federal popular initiative “6 weeks vacation for everyone” was rejected on March 11, 2012 by 66.5 percent of the voters. The aim of the initiative was to increase the length of the minimum vacation time from a minimum of 4 weeks to 6 weeks.
History of origin
The “6 weeks vacation for everyone” initiative was launched by Travail.Suisse , which justified its plan with a better balance between workload and relaxation.
poll
On March 11, 2012, a referendum took place in Switzerland , which was initiated by the “6 weeks vacation for everyone” initiative. With a “no” vote of 66.5% and a “yes” vote of 33.5%, this initiative clearly failed.
Positions
The initiative met with particularly strong resistance from the Swiss Employers' Association (SAV), the economic umbrella organization Economiesuisse and the Swiss government itself. Among other things, it was feared that an increase in the minimum vacation would lead to significant job losses and financial damage running into billions.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Website of the popular initiative "6 weeks vacation for everyone" ( Memento of the original from February 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Report of the news portal "Vimentis.ch" from January 28, 2012
- ^ Report of the Tagesschau from March 11, 2012 on the failure of the vote ( Memento from June 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
