Young people could soon start paying into their pension fund much earlier - from age 20 instead of 25.
That’s the idea backed by a committee of the National Council, which says contributing longer would mean better pensions later on.
The Liberals are on board, arguing every franc paid young multiplies over time.
But the left isn’t convinced. They warn it could make young workers more expensive to hire and cut their take-home pay, with little real benefit down the line.
Possible charges for foreign retailers
Foreign online retailers would have to pay into Switzerland's recycling system under a motion the Federal Council now backs
Swiss detained at US immigration
A 23-year-old Swiss woman has been in US immigration detention since Friday, after ICE agents stopped her at Dallas airport on her way to a family gathering
No more paper recycling at SBB stations
Switzerland's railway network is pulling paper recycling compartments out of station bins, after paper collection at its sorting stations crashed by more than 96% between 2015 and 2025
Geneva unemployment rises
Geneva remains Switzerland's unemployment hotspot, with the rate climbing to 5.3% in figures released today by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs
Hottest summer ever claims record victims
Switzerland's hottest summer on record killed around 1,257 people between May and August, according to new estimates from the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Another medical bill for Crans Montana
Switzerland will foot the roughly CHF 1.5 million medical bill for the twelve Italian victims hospitalised after the Constellation hotel fire in Crans-Montana
