The Swiss have voted against increasing stautory holiday entitlement to six weeks from the current four.
Voters also turned down the re-introduction of an agreement on fixed book prices. But they looked set to narrowly approve a limit on the number of new holiday homes.
The gfs.bern polling institute said incomplete results showed 67 per cent of voters had turned down the holiday initiative, as had all but one canton - Jura. To be passed, an initiative has to have the support of a majority of voters as well as a majority of the 26 cantons.
Most political parties, the business community and the government had warned the initiative would result in higher labour costs and be detrimental to the economy. Full story...
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Voters also turned down the re-introduction of an agreement on fixed book prices. But they looked set to narrowly approve a limit on the number of new holiday homes.
The gfs.bern polling institute said incomplete results showed 67 per cent of voters had turned down the holiday initiative, as had all but one canton - Jura. To be passed, an initiative has to have the support of a majority of voters as well as a majority of the 26 cantons.
Most political parties, the business community and the government had warned the initiative would result in higher labour costs and be detrimental to the economy. Full story...
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