Hardly any violations of minimum wage regulations in Ticino

A good 3% of companies inspected have violated the minimum wage in the Swiss canton of Ticino in the past three years, according to an official review. The new uniform regulations for internships introduced with the minimum wage have also proved their worth. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox According to the report, almost 13,000 companies with over 65,000 employees were audited in the first three years following the introduction of the cantonal minimum wage. During this introductory phase, the infringement rate was 3.5%, the Ticino Department of Economy and Finance said on Tuesday. In addition, guidelines for internships, which were included as an annex to the minimum wage ordinance, proved to be an effective instrument for uniformly regulating the status of interns. Here too, checks during the first three years following the introduction of the guidelines revealed no significant abuses, it added. + Minimum wage narrowly rejected in canton Basel Country ...