Media Releases

Swiss Staffingindex: slowdown continues

The staffing service provider market is being hit by economic downturn and the tariff shock, putting temporary work and permanent job placements in the red. The slowdown in the Swiss economy is impacting the Swiss Staffingindex. The number of Hours worked by temporary workers in the 3rd quarter was 6.1 percent lower ...

Temporary nursing staff even helping to reduce hospital costs

For the first time, a full cost analysis has provided factual evidence that temporary work is the more cost-effective solution where flexible staffing is needed, and is stabilizing healthcare provision in Switzerland. The central argument made by Zurich hospitals in their announcement that they would not be using ...

Swiss Staffingindex: staffing service providers see drop for third year in a row

Economic slowdown is impacting both the temporary and permanent employment markets. Staffing service providers are in negative figures for the first half of the year. For the third year in a row, staffing service providers ended the first half of the year in the red. The number of hours worked by temporary workers ...

Work environment more important than wages – Swiss workers setting new priorities

A new study shows that Generation Z values security while the 50+ generation wants autonomy and flexibility. Swiss workers consider the work environment to be the most important criteria in a job – even more so than pay. This surprising choice of priorities is the finding of a representative study by swissstaffing ...

Swiss Staffingindex: a Sobering Start to the Year for Staffing Service Providers

Economic slowdown impacts staffing service providers. The temporary and permanent employment markets are still in negative territory in the new fiscal year. Negative figures were recorded for staffing service providers in the first quarter of 2025. The temporary staffing market started the fiscal year in the red for ...

Swiss Staffingindex: disappointing year for staffing service providers

Economic downturn, skills shortage and market structure: for the first time in 30 years, the temporary staffing sector has shrunk two years in a row. The permanent staffing sector fell by 19,4 percent – to its lowest level since the Swiss Staffingindex was created. A weak economy, a skills shortage and structural ...

Additional government regulation of temporary work is counterproductive

A regulatory impact assessment shows that staff leasing functions efficiently Restrictions on temporary work quickly become a boomerang. This has been highlighted by a regulatory impact assessment conducted by Swiss Economics on behalf of the industry association swissstaffing, which evaluates the impact of new ...

Swiss Staffingindex: pressure mounts on the labor market

The economic slowdown is impacting the labor market. The permanent staffing sector via staffing service providers fell by 25.9 percent in the third quarter compared with the previous year. The temporary staffing sector remains in significant decline. The lingering economic slowdown has put the Swiss labor market under ...

Swiss Staffingindex: change of trend in the labor market

The economic slowdown has led to a change of trend in the labor market in the space of just one year. There has been a dramatic 20.8 percent reduction in permanent job placements by staffing service providers, and the temporary staffing sector is also in decline. The faltering economy is making it hard to find jobs in ...

New President for the swissstaffing Association of Recruitment Agencies

Leif Agnéus is stepping down as President of swissstaffing in June 2024. Over the past six years in this role, he has further developed and promoted the Association of Swiss Recruitment Agencies with lasting effect. His successor Andreas Eichenberger was unanimously appointed as the new President of swissstaffing on ...

Wake-up call: Workers want more flexibility in their jobs

A new study takes the pulse of the working-age population. It shows that workers would like more flexibility to organize their work and to work less. When it comes to flexible working hours, there is a discrepancy between desire and reality in the Swiss population. Many workers would also like to reduce their working ...

Swiss Staffingindex: negative start to the year for the temporary and permanent employment markets

The economic slowdown has reached the labor market. There is still a skills shortage. Combined, these two market trends have caused the temporary and permanent employment markets to shrink. The slowing economy is forcing staffing service providers to begin the year in the red: in the first quarter of 2024, the staff ...

Swiss Staffingindex: a mixed year for staff leasing companies

The labour shortage in 2023 caused the temporary staffing sector to shrink and the permanent staffing sector to grow. Despite a noticeable slowdown in the economy, signals for the future remain mixed in the fourth quarter. The labour shortage had a major impact on staff leasing companies' business development in 2023. ...

Higher Minimum Wage for Temporary Workers: The Biggest Collective Bargaining Agreement in Switzerland Has Been Renewed for Four Years

Press Release by the Social Partners of the CBA on Staff Leasing After some intensive negotiations, the social partners have agreed on a new collective bargaining agreement on staff leasing for the next four years. It brings with it a higher minimum wage (+3.2% in 2024) with automatic inflation compensation for the ...

Staff leasing market down just under 8 percent

A slowing economy and a labor shortage are having a negative impact on the temporary staffing market. Permanent position placements are still on the rise. Staffing service providers concluded the third quarter of 2023 with a 7.6 percent decrease in temporary staffing compared to the previous year, according to the ...

Warning: fraudulent WhatsApp messages and telephone scams claiming to be swissstaffing

Unfortunately, there are currently some fraudulent WhatsApp messages and telephone scams circulating that are pretending to offer job placements on behalf of swissstaffing. These phishing messages and calls are using the name swissstaffing as the supposed sender or are claiming to come from one of our members of staff ...

Labor shortage impacts staffing service providers

Despite dire warnings that the Swiss economy could weaken, the labor market is robust, which is paradoxically shown by red figures in the staffing service sector. Staffing service providers concluded the second quarter of 2023 with a 5.6 percent decrease in temporary staffing compared to the previous year. The revenue ...

The labor market: Temporary work helps integrate the unemployed into the labor market and provides social security for flexible workers

A new study shows that temporary work is simultaneously both a safety net and a lifeline for many workers. It provides both highly skilled and low-skilled workers an opportunity to determine their own careers. For many jobseekers, temporary work is a pathway to a permanent job. Approximately one third use temporary ...

Economy and labor shortage having negative impact on temporary staffing via staffing service providers

Despite a bleak economic outlook, the acute labor shortage is causing concern for many companies and giving job seekers greater bargaining power. According to the Swiss Staffingindex, the temporary staffing sector via staffing service providers is in minus figures (-3.4 percent) for the first time in two years. The ...

2022 in review: comfortable increase, significant slowdown, unexpected final spurt

Labor shortage, omicron, supply bottlenecks and inflation – the annual figures from staffing service providers illustrate the roller coaster ride that was 2022. Staffing service providers concluded 2022 with an increase of 7.2 percent year-on-year in the temporary sector. The number of permanent position placements ...