In 2018, people in Switzerland worked 7.9 billion hours – this seems high, but the total hours worked weekly has declined and Swiss employees are taking more holiday leave. According to the Federal Statistical Office (FSO), between 2013 and 2018, the actual weekly working hours of full-time employees declined by …read more Source:: https://www.thelocal.ch/20190524/workforce-update-swiss-employees-are-working-less-and-taking-more-holidays

A total of 1,800 employees at the Swedish national agency in charge of helping job-seekers have been told they will be let go, as a result of budget cuts set to affect operations across the country. The layoffs are not as serious as expected – earlier this year the Arbetsförmedlingen …read more Source:: https://www.thelocal.se/20190522/swedens-job-agency-fires-1800-employees

Thinking about changing your career or wondering which state in Germany has the best salaries? Here’s the lowdown. Online careers portal Gehalt.de analyzed a huge amount of data on the salaries of workers in Germany over the course of last year to find out which jobs pay the most — and …read more Source:: https://www.thelocal.de/20190522/explained-the-best-and-worst-paid-jobs-in-germany

The German government says it’s desperate to attract foreign talent to replenish its ageing workforce. But what’s it really like to work here? Our readers weigh in. Lots of opportunities, strong workers’ rights and fair rules: these were some of the positives about working in Germany, according to our readers. But …read more Source:: https://www.thelocal.de/20190516/language-is-a-huge-barrier-what-its-like-for-internationals-working-in-germany

The Local has just launched a new site offering thousands of job opportunities for international talent in Germany. Wherever you are in Germany, The Local Jobs offers vacancies to match a wide range of professional backgrounds. A clean interface makes it easy to search on desktop or mobile. And there’s even a …read more Source:: […]

Working in a French office can be daunting, especially if you aren’t yet fluent in French. But fear not, we’ve put together a list of vital phrases to use at work, whether for chatting to colleagues, asking for a pay rise or quitting. Life in France can be frustrating for a …read more Source:: https://www.thelocal.fr/20190521/french-phrases-for-work-france-office-

The summer could be the perfect time for newcomers to break into Sweden’s labour market – and this year there are more opportunities than ever before. As many as 110,000 summer jobs have so far been advertised across Sweden via the national job agency Arbetsförmedlingen’s Platsbanken site – up from 105,000 …read more Source:: https://www.thelocal.se/20190520/theres-a-record-number-of-summer-jobs-available-in-sweden-this-year

Seven out of ten interns in Spain say they have trouble making ends meet on their internship pay. New data by Spain’s largest trade union has shed light on how job insecurity remains ingrained in the Spanish workplace. Almost 85,000 people are registered as company interns in Spain, the second highest rate …read more Source:: […]

The Swiss government on Wednesday unveiled a raft of measures designed to make locally-based workers more attractive to companies in the face of competition from skilled talent from the European Union. Most of the planned measures are designed to help boost the chances of older unemployed workers in Switzerland to return …read more Source:: https://www.thelocal.ch/20190516/new-measures-aim-to-give-priority-to-swiss-based-workers

Is working Spaniards’ traditional mid-morning break at the bar under threat? Spain’s newly elected socialist government is contemplating introducing a clause to its new clocking-in laws for workers that would see their unofficial breaks go unpaid. The fresh guidelines, aimed largely at making sure employees get paid for overtime, …read more Source:: https://www.thelocal.es/20190516/spain-wants-coffee-and-cigarette-breaks-at-work-to-go-unpaid