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Labour market indicators
Unemployment rate in
2004
:
3,5%
(ILO data)
Working population:
|
Year
|
Total Population
|
Working population
|
Activity rate
|
|
2004
|
7 382 000
|
3 916 742
|
53%
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Employment by sector:
|
Year
|
Agriculture
|
Industry
|
Services
|
|
2003
|
4.1%
|
23.9%
|
72%
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| Sources: ILO, Eurostat, last available data |
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Employment contracts
Legal clauses regulate employment contracts and to a lesser degree collective agreements and individual negotiations.
The terms of employment contracts are rigid. The conditions for hiring and the limits for dismissal are less strict.
Salaries
National monthly minimum wage as of
01/01/2003
:
No legally mandated national minimum wage
Average wage for a
employee
in the manufacturing industry in
2000
:
5,862
francs
by
month
(ILO data)
Social security contributions
Employer:
5.05 %.
Employee:
5.05 %.
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