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Banking regulation affects 100,000 employees
Today, the Federal Council will adopt its proposal for stricter banking regulation and submit it for consultation. For months, the main topic of public debate has been the issue of capital adequacy. However, this discussion falls far short of the mark. The impact of...
Between pressure and appreciation: focus on working conditions
Working healthily in turbulent times: Why fair working conditions are more important than ever The world of work is changing. Digitalization, hybrid working models and rising performance expectations are shaping the everyday working lives of many employees. What is...
SBEA salary survey 2025
What about bank employees' salaries and bonuses? What trends can be identified? And how satisfied are employees with their remuneration and other aspects of their own work? Our biennial salary survey is open from now until the end of April 2025. Do you work in the...
“Healthy@work” – The health survey in the banking sector
Since 2016, it has been possible in Switzerland to dispense with time recording under certain conditions.In the banking sector, this was achieved through the "Agreement on the recording of working time" (ARWT) regulated. To ensure that not recording working time does...
Swiss Bank Employees Association (SBEA) on the mass redundancies at Julius Baer
What had already been leaked to the media became a certainty this Monday: Julius Baer will cut about one in ten jobs in Switzerland over the coming months. This comes after assets under management reached new record levels in 2024 and profits recovered from the 2023...
PCI report must have consequences
The Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (PCI) will publish its report on Friday. The Swiss Bank Employees Association expects explanations as to why the tame supervisory authorities allowed Credit Suisse to operate for years with lower equity capital than required by...
Wage demands 2025 of the Swiss Bank Employees Association
The Bank Employees Association is calling on banks in Switzerland to increase wages by 3 to 5 percent, depending on the specific situation of the individual institutions.Bank employees on low and medium salaries should receive general salary increases to offset...
107. Assembly of Delegates of the SBEA
At its 107. The Swiss Bank Employees Association (SBPV) discussed and approved its strategy for the coming years at its 107th ordinary delegates' meeting in Zurich's "Metropol". The current Managing Director Natalia Ferrara will step down from her position at the end...
Bank employees are healthy, but…
Bank employees are healthy, but...The health of bank employees is a core concern of the social partners in the Swiss banking sector. Last year, they conducted a broad-based health survey together with the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern...
Equal treatment for all Credit Suisse and UBS employees
Equal treatment for all Credit Suisse and UBS employeesUBS today announced concrete details of how the integration of the Credit Suisse units in Switzerland will proceed. For the Swiss Bank Employees Association (SBEA), it is important that all employees of both banks...