Minimum wage ordinances for the Swiss city of Zürich and the nearby city of Winterthur were both struck down by the canton of Zürich’s administrative court in two rulings published Nov. 29.
Both ordinances were approved by voters in June 2023, but neither had taken effect because each city’s government needed to specify a starting date. The ordinances specified hourly minimum wages of 23.90 Swiss francs (US$27.21) in Zürich and 23 Swiss francs in Winterthur, to be adjusted Jan. 1 of each year.
In its rulings for Zürich (German) and Winterthur (German), the canton of Zürich’s Administrative Court found that ...
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