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  • 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 ...

  • 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: 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. ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...