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Swiss to Vote on Executive Pay
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The youth wing of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland, the Young Socialists, have collected 100,000 signatures for getting a referendum to limit executive salaries to 12 times the pay of the lowest paid company employee. The initiative is based on the idea that the highest paid person should not earn more in one month than an employee at the lowest level earns in 12 months. The initiative is called the "1:12 Initiative for Fair Pay." At the large Swiss companies top salaries are at 93 times that of the lowest paid workers for 2011, according to the Swiss Federation of Trade Unions. This ratio has gone up from 14 times in 1998, showing the sharp increase in the last 15 years leading to greater inequality in society. By comparison the situation has been stable in smaller and midsize companies, where the ratio of the median wages of highest earning employees to lowest paid increased slightly from 7.6 times to 8.5 times between 1996 and 2010. A poll in early March 2013 showed 49.5% of those polled in favor of the 1:12 iniitiative, 40.5% opposed, and 10% undecided.
The Swiss Minder Initiative to restrict excessive executive pay and bonus
02/04/2009
The Minder Initiative to restrict excessive executive pay and bonuses gets the support of a large majority of Swiss voters in Feb. 2013. 68% of Swiss voters supported the 24 item Minder Initiative. Swiss voters were influenced by the 72 million franc exit package for Daniel Vassela which was cancelled after popular uproar, the signing package for Axel Weber, new chief at UBS bank, and the clear policy to restrict executive bonus and pay announced by the EU in Feb 2013. The austerity measures after banking crises in Spain, UK, Italy, and other European countries are also influencing public opinion.
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