Wage increases in 2022: Swisscom and the social partners reach agreement

Employees of telecoms service provider Swisscom can look forward to wage increases. The wage increase of 0.9% will benefit around 10,000 Swisscom employees covered by the collective employment agreement from April 1, 2022. To take account of inflation, most employees will generally receive more pay. The wage increases will vary depending on the position in the wage band. For employees whose salary is above the salary band, no salary increase is planned.

Swisscom and the social partners have been able to reach agreement on these wage increases. "Swisscom employees have shown great commitment to our customers and to Swisscom in a challenging environment in 2021. We have achieved very good results. With this year's pay settlement, we would like to express our sincere thanks for this. As a good employer, it is important for us to pay salaries in line with the market as well as attractive fringe benefits. In this sense, I am delighted with the agreement reached with the social partners," says Klementina Pejic, CPO of Swisscom. Daniel Hügli, Head of ICT sector syndicom comments on the agreement as follows: "In 2021, employees have again made a significant contribution to a high-performance infrastructure and high service quality as part of the public service. The result of the negotiations takes this into account." And Robert Métrailler, Sector Manager Communication of the social partner transfair, adds: "For transfair, it was important to take into account the increased inflation, Swisscom's solid financial result and, above all, the extraordinary commitment of the staff in an extremely difficult working environment. These aspects contributed to a very positive salary result."

Source: Swisscom