TIL: Die Landwirtschaft ist der einzige Sektor in der Schweiz, der vom Arbeitsrecht und der Bundeslohnstatistik ausgeschlossen ist. Infolgedessen ist niemand – nicht einmal das staatliche Sekretariat für Wirtschaftsangelegenheiten (SECO) – offiziell für die Überwachung der Bezahlung oder der Arbeitszeit von Saisonarbeitern verantwortlich.
https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/saisonale-arbeit-die-schweiz-kennt-ihre-erntehelfer-nicht
Von BezugssystemCH1903
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how convenient
After all, the rules on ~~child labour~~ minimum age are adhered to, except for family businesses, as usual.
>Thousands of people are employed in the Swiss agricultural sector. It is of great importance that orderly conditions prevail in their employment. The provisions of the Labour Act only apply to agriculture (primary production) as far as the provisions on minimum age are concerned. In agriculture, only the provisions of the Swiss Code of Obligations (OR) apply.
https://www.bauern-sg.ch/de/Rechtsfragen/Arbeitsrecht
Agricultural sector getting special treatment as usual.
Notice how farmers are SVP-voters to a huge degree but don’t mind having foreigners working their field for terrible pay and with little to no labour protection measures.
that’ll just be our little secret
By design, probably
remember working at a farm (Schaffhausen) – summer job as a student in 2017
6 days a week
5 days 6am – 6pm
6. day 6am-12 (I think)
pay – 3200brutto
so it would be around 13CHF/h
(was a student from abroad, looked like a “good money opportunity”)
> aber für diese Personen gebe es in der Schweiz keine Lobby.
Nothing ever gets done in this country, unless you have a lobby.
Or in this case: nothing ever gets done, because the other side has the *biggest* lobby in the country.