8.6% of employees work in shifts with rotating working hours
Neuchâtel, 15.02.2024 - In Switzerland, a total of 15.9% of employees worked shifts in 2022, just over half of them with rotating working hours (8.6% of employees). The distribution of shift work varies widely among the different economic activities. The economic activities with the highest percentages of shift work, i.e. in which more than 20% of employees undertake shift work, are the following: Transportation and storage, the Restaurant and hotel sector and Health and social services. These are some of the findings from the “Shift workers in Switzerland 2002–2022” publication (available in German and French only) from the Federal Statistical Office (FSO).
This press release and further information on the topic can be found on the FSO website (see link below).
Address for enquiries
Silvia Perrenoud, FSO, Section Labour Force, tel.: +41 58 463 66 32, email: Silvia.Perrenoud@bfs.admin.ch
Publisher
Federal Statistical Office
http://www.statistics.admin.ch
