Priority of collective employment agreements over cantonal minimum wages

Popular vote of Feb 28, 2027 · Optional referendum · No. 698Modification de la loi fédérale permettant d’étendre le champ d’application de la convention collective de travail (Extension de salaires minimaux inférieurs aux salaires minimaux cantonaux)

Economy: Employment conditions, Industrial relations · State organisation: Intergovernmental relations

The vote is ahead or still being counted.

The proposal

Type of proposal: Optional referendum
Department in charge: Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research (EAER)
Legislative period: 52th legislative period
Parliamentary business: Loi fédérale permettant d’étendre le champ d’application de la convention collective de travail. Modification (Extension de salaires minimaux inférieurs aux salaires minimaux cantonaux) (24.096)
In the Federal Gazette: Message concernant la modification de la loi fédérale permettant d’étendre le champ d’application de la convention collective de travail (Extension de salaires minimaux inférieurs aux salaires minimaux cantonaux), Jan 17, 2025, Loi fédérale permettant d’étendre le champ d’application de la convention collective de travail (Extension de salaires minimaux inférieurs aux salaires minimaux cantonaux) (Projet), Jan 17, 2025, Loi fédérale permettant d’étendre le champ d’application de la convention collective de travail (Extension de salaires minimaux inférieurs aux salaires minimaux cantonaux), Jun 30, 2026

In Parliament

Federal Council: Yes
Parliament: Yes

Final vote, National Council · Roll call

115 yes57.8 %78 no39.2 %6 abstentions3.0 %

Final vote, Council of States · Roll call

23 yes52.3 %16 no36.4 %5 abstentions11.4 %

From launch to ballot

Launched by: Syndicats, PS, Les Verts
Valid signatures: 66'006 of 50'000 required (132.0 %)
Invalid signatures: 568

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Sources: Swissvotes, Federal Chancellery, Curia Vista, Année politique suisse

Data: Swissvotes, the database of federal popular votes (Année Politique Suisse, University of Bern; CC BY 4.0), the Federal Statistical Office and the Parliamentary Services.