<img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-15767474 size-full" src="https://sbpv.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/SBPV-Gleichstellung.webp" alt="Equality" width="1238" height="826" srcset="https://sbpv.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/SBPV-Gleichstellung.webp 1238w, https://sbpv.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/SBPV-Gleichstellung-980x654.webp 980w, https://sbpv.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/SBPV-Gleichstellung-480x320.webp 480w" sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1238px, 100vw" /> We are committed to gender equality . As part of the new regulations on the verification of equal pay in companies, we are involved in a social-partnership specialist unit that ensures independent monitoring of equal pay analyses in the banks and awards a seal of approval. Other important areas related to equality are the compatibility of family and career and a better work-life balance.

<img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-15767472 size-full" src="https://sbpv.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/SBPV-Lohnumfrage.webp" alt="" width="1080" height="650" srcset="https://sbpv.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/SBPV-Lohnumfrage.webp 1080w, https://sbpv.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/SBPV-Lohnumfrage-980x590.webp 980w, https://sbpv.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/SBPV-Lohnumfrage-480x289.webp 480w" sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1080px, 100vw" /> The SBEA conducts a salary survey every two years. This survey enables us to ensure greater transparency in salaries and bonuses. The salary survey also involves collecting data on employee satisfaction with remuneration, with their companies’ salary policies and with their work situation in general.

"Why become a member? Because only those who participate also decide. We can all decide together where things go!"

"My final reference had deficiencies in terms of content. Thanks to the intervention of the SBEA, it was possible to correct these deficiencies and I received a reference that adequately assesses my performance."

“The SBEA knows the financial industry very well and negotiates the basic conditions for all of us. I have appreciated that for many years.”

«It's very appreciative that your association exists to fight for better working conditions and help the employees!»

"By becoming a member, I give a strong and lasting voice to the representation of my interests."

«I was laid off - because I had partially failed to meet my goals. Thank you very much for your support and the professional way you looked after me and took care of my concerns.»

SWISS BANK
EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION

Q: Flexible mobile working

<img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-15767475 size-full" src="https://sbpv.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/SBPV-Mobil-flexibles-Arbeiten.webp" alt="SBPV-Mobile-Flexible-Working" width="1490" height="994" srcset="https://sbpv.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/SBPV-Mobil-flexibles-Arbeiten.webp 1490w, https://sbpv.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/SBPV-Mobil-flexibles-Arbeiten-1280x854.webp 1280w, https://sbpv.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/SBPV-Mobil-flexibles-Arbeiten-980x654.webp 980w, https://sbpv.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/SBPV-Mobil-flexibles-Arbeiten-480x320.webp 480w" sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1490px, 100vw" /> The SBEA is committed to clear regulations with regard to “mobile-flexible working” and “working from home” , >, which have become particularly common since the beginning of the pandemic – in a way that ensures your needs as an employee are met . Not everyone has the same prerequisites, which makes it all the more important to us that individual solutions can be implemented . The new Agreement on Conditions of Employment for Bank Employees (ACEBE), valid from 1 January 2023, contains new provisions that take into account the importance of mobile-flexible working. The SBEA dealt with the issue in depth back in the first year of the pandemic, and positions formulated at the time continue to apply today.

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OUR GOAL IS THE PROFESSIONAL AND ECONOMIC WELL-BEING OF ALL EMPLOYEES IN THE FINANCE AND INSURANCE INDUSTRY.

The Swiss Bank Employees Association is calling for fixed and transparent severance packages for all

The unemployment rate in the banking sector is at the same level as during the 2010 financial crisis. At its General Assembly on June 12, 2026, the Swiss Bank Employees Association (SBEA) adopted a resolution with clear demands: fixed and transparent severance...

Banking industry combines progress with responsibility, setting the course for the working world of tomorrow

Zurich/Basel, 30 June 2026 – The social partners of the banking sector have agreed on some amendments to the Agreement on the Conditions of Employment for Bank Employees (ACEBE) and the Agreement on the Recording of Working Time (ARWT) as of 1 January 2027. The focus...

Individual legal advice

for you

Help with restructuring

For all bank, financial services and insurance employees

Offer for staff councils

For all those involved in employee representation committees

Social partnership in action

for you and your colleagues

We answer questions about

Employability and basic skills

Together with other social partners in the industry, we are involved in the skillawareproject that aims to raise employee awareness of the importance of basic skills for their own current and future employability. We also organise events and webinars that focus on labour market developments in the financial industry.

Equality

We are committed to gender equality. As part of the new regulations on the verification of equal pay in companies, we are involved in a social-partnership specialist unit that ensures independent monitoring of equal pay analyses in the banks and awards a seal of approval. Other important areas related to equality are the compatibility of family and career and a better work-life balance.

Flexible mobile working

The SBEA is committed to clear regulations with regard to “mobile-flexible working” and “working from home”, >, which have become particularly common since the beginning of the pandemic – in a way that ensures your needs as an employee are met. Not everyone has the same prerequisites, which makes it all the more important to us that individual solutions can be implemented.

The new Agreement on Conditions of Employment for Bank Employees (ACEBE), valid from 1 January 2023, containsnew provisions that take into account the importance of mobile-flexible working.

The SBEA dealt with the issue in depth back in the first year of the pandemic, and positions formulated at the time continue to apply today.

Salary

The SBEA conducts a salary survey every two years. This survey enables us to ensure greater transparency in salaries and bonuses. The salary survey also involves collecting data on employee satisfaction with remuneration, with their companies’ salary policies and with their work situation in general.

We live in a very challenging and dynamic time, characterized by rapid changes and uncertainties. The SBEA is a strong community that advocates and exerts its influence on behalf of its members and all employees in the finance and insurance industry. Those who have many behind them can convince stakeholders and change things sustainably – for the better!