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We are committed to your working world of tomorrow
How are you? Dear readerThe finance industry is facing major changes, and we are right in the middle of it. The SBEA advocates strongly for fair, healthy, and flexible working conditions. In this newsletter, you will learn how we are advocating for banking sector...
Opinion of the SBEA on amendments to the Banking Act and Capital Adequacy Ordinance
Opinion on the amendment of the Capital Adequacy Ordinance and the Banking Act (implementation of the measures from the Federal Council's report on banking stability and the report of the parliamentary commission of inquiry)The Federal Council wants to strengthen the...
For fair salary development in the banking sector
The Swiss Bank Employees Association (SBEA) is campaigning for an appropriate adjustment of salaries in the banking sector. For the salary negotiations in fall 2025, the association is calling for salary increases in the range of 2 to 3 percent - depending on the...
Kaleidos Banking Monitor: Swiss banks in transformation
How have Swiss banks' headcounts, business volumes and profits developed over the last ten years?Marcel Thoms von der Fachhochschule Kalaidos geht diesen Fragen im soeben erschienenen «Bankenmonitor 2024» nach.Fazit: den Schweizer Banken geht es, nach den Turbulenzen...
Work-Related Self-Care: Between Engagement and Self-Endangerment
In a work environment that emphasizes personal responsibility, creativity, and constant proof of performance, the pressure on employees is noticeably increasing. Especially in companies with high responsibility at all hierarchical levels, this can lead employees...
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...