According to SECO's surveys, there were 104’391 unemployed people registered with the RAV at the end of April, which is 5’109 fewer than in the previous month. The unemployment rate fell from 2,4% in March 2022 to 2,3% in the reporting month. Compared with the same month the previous year, the number of unemployed people declined by 46’888 (-31,0%).

New regulations for short-time working compensation (KAE) apply from 1 April 2022. In particular, the standard settlement procedure is being reinstated for KAE. In addition, a distinction needs to be made between short-time working due to the pandemic and short-time working for other reasons.

Employers had to register vacancies in 34 occupation types in 2021, as the 3rd monitoring report shows. Analyses indicate that the job registration requirement brings greater transparency for jobseekers concerning job opportunities in occupations that have to be registered.

The Swiss Labour Market Barometer rose by 1.5 percentage points to 103.7 (seasonally adjusted) in April. Switzerland’s labour market outlook is therefore clearly in ‘good’ territory, reaching its highest level to date.

Businesses can apply for retroactive payments from short-time working compensation for 2020 and 2021. This was decided by the Federal Council in connection with the judgment of the Federal Supreme Court of 17 November 2021. Since January 2022, vacation and public holiday pay has been taken into account when calculating short-time working compensation for employees on a monthly salary using the summary procedure.