The year was heavily shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic. Besides the positive economic influences, short-time working compensation played a significant part in absorbing and mitigating the negative impact of the crisis on businesses and workers.

On 29 November, the head of the EAER, Swiss President Guy Parmelin, confirmed the list of occupation types that have to be registered in 2022. As a basis for implementation of the job registration requirement, this list comprises all occupation types with an unemployment rate of 5% or more.

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The Swiss Labour Market Barometer dropped by 1.1 points in December 2021 to 100.1 (seasonally adjusted). This is the indicator’s lowest level since it was launched in May 2021, but the outlook remains positive.

The Federal Supreme Court held that vacation and public holiday pay must be taken into account when calculating short-time working compensation for employees on a monthly salary using the summary procedure. SECO has laid the corresponding foundations to ensure that unemployment insurance funds can process short-time working compensation in accordance with the judgment from January 2022 onwards.