Entrepreneurs who pay unemployment insurance contributions will be better insured against loss of livelihood. Following on from the House of Representatives, the Senate on Tuesday adopted a committee draft aimed at speeding up their access to these benefits, subject to certain conditions. At present, people who occupy a position similar to that of an employer, for example as a partner or investor, as well as spouses who work in the company, are obliged to pay unemployment insurance contributions. In order to receive unemployment benefits, they must definitively give up their position. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox However, there are cases where it is not easy to renounce their role in the company, for example when a bankruptcy is in progress or in the event of divorce. The aim of the project is to give the people concerned quicker and simpler access to unemployment benefit. They will be subject to a waiting period of 20 days and will receive 70% of ...
Full story here
Are you the author?
Previous post
See more for
Next post
Tags: Featured,newsletter
Home › 3) Swiss Markets and News › 3.) Swissinfo Business and Economy › Swiss entrepreneurs to be better insured against unemployment
Previous post
Next post
Swiss entrepreneurs to be better insured against unemployment
Published on March 3, 2026
Permanent link to this article: https://snbchf.com/2026/03/swiss-entrepreneurs-insured-against-unemployment/
Receive a Daily Mail from this Blog
Live Currency Cross Rates
On Swiss National Bank
-
SNB Sight Deposits: decreased by 5.7 billion francs compared to the previous week
18 days ago -
SNB’s Chairman Schlegel: A few months of negative inflation wouldn’t be a problem
2026-01-21 -
2025-07-31 – Interim results of the Swiss National Bank as at 30 June 2025
2025-07-31 -
SNB Brings Back Zero Percent Interest Rates
2025-06-26 -
Hold-up sur l’eau potable (2/2) : la supercherie de « l’hydrogène vert ». Par Vincent Held
2025-06-24
Main SNB Background Info
-
SNB Sight Deposits: decreased by 5.7 billion francs compared to the previous week
18 days ago -
The Secret History Of The Banking Crisis
2017-08-14 -
SNB Balance Sheet Now Over 100 percent GDP
2016-08-29 -
The relationship between CHF and gold
2016-07-23 -
CHF Price Movements: Correlations between CHF and the German Economy
2016-07-22
Featured and recent
-
1 Oz Copper Rounds: Designs You Need to See
-
Früh Vorsorgen mit einem Juniordepot
-
BASF in China: Mut zum Aufbruch oder gefährliche Wette? -
Ich raste völlig aus! (Bis Gegenstände im Büro zu Bruch gehen) -
Science podcast: cracking the chip code -
Geopolitical Headlines Can Be Hazardous To Your Wealth -
Rubino: Fiat Currencies Are In A Death Spiral -
Warum Tanken so teuer bleibt -
Iran gewinnt?! #krieg #iran #usa #trump #putin #europa #russland #deutschland #khamenei #israel -
Women harvest hope as extremist threat grows in Benin
More from this category
Science podcast: cracking the chip code27 Mar 2026
Geopolitical Headlines Can Be Hazardous To Your Wealth27 Mar 2026
Rubino: Fiat Currencies Are In A Death Spiral27 Mar 2026
Women harvest hope as extremist threat grows in Benin27 Mar 2026
US circumvents Swiss payment freeze for Patriot air-defence system26 Mar 2026
Fuel prices continue to rise in Switzerland26 Mar 2026
Hope Wanes, USD Little Changed while Bonds and Stocks Weaken26 Mar 2026
Geneva proposes payment to winegrowers to avoid losing its vineyards26 Mar 2026
DZ BANK and KfW Complete German Digital Bond Issuance via Blockchain26 Mar 2026
Euroairport Basel-Mulhouse announces eight new destinations for summer26 Mar 2026
Unemployment Flashes A 100% Recession Warning26 Mar 2026
- The Immorality of Trump’s War with Iran Matters
25 Mar 2026
Trump’s headwear psychoanalysed, ICE agents at airports, and Iran oil sanctions25 Mar 2026
- The Mistaken Identity of Prediction Markets
25 Mar 2026
- Individualism in Rothbard’s Natural Rights Libertarianism
25 Mar 2026
- The Iran War Brings More Inflation and New Strength to the Yuan
25 Mar 2026
Thoughts on the Dollar25 Mar 2026
Bern office of Israeli defence firm Elbit damaged25 Mar 2026
Swiss economic index falls due to Middle East conflict25 Mar 2026
Switzerland sees battery boom as homes and firms store more solar power25 Mar 2026











