{"id":6734,"date":"2022-12-06T14:18:01","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T13:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/core-attorneys.com\/?p=6734"},"modified":"2024-07-11T14:21:33","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T13:21:33","slug":"sekretariat-der-weko-vorabklaerung-zu-moeglichen-absprachen-von-banken-im-arbeitsmarkt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/core-attorneys.com\/en\/news-insights\/sekretariat-der-weko-vorabklaerung-zu-moeglichen-absprachen-von-banken-im-arbeitsmarkt\/","title":{"rendered":"Secretariat of the COMCO: Preliminary Investigation of the Labour Market in the Swiss Banking Sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6734\" class=\"elementor elementor-6734\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5e192929 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" 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https:\/\/core-attorneys.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Secretariat-of-the-COMCO-Preliminary-Investigation-of-the-Labour-Market-in-the-Swiss-Banking-Sector-1-1-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a76e28a\" data-eae-slider=\"86476\" data-id=\"a76e28a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99081b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"99081b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Secretariat of the COMCO: Preliminary Investigation of the Labour Market in the Swiss Banking Sector<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f29e2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"5f29e2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-685ec73 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"about\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-tags\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Competition<\/span>, <span class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">News<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-d50ae70 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-calendar\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>6.12.2022<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-ec6c601 elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-user-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMario Strebel, Fabian Koch\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d17332b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d17332b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-4d17332b{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6fdab6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e6fdab6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-e6fdab6{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0bcb7c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0bcb7c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On 5\u00a0December 2022, the Secretariat of the Swiss Competition Commission (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.weko.admin.ch\/weko\/en\/home\/comco\/sekretariat.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Secretariat of the COMCO<\/a>) opened a preliminary investigation against 34 banking institutions in six German-speaking regions of Switzerland. The reason for this is a possible agreement in violation of competition law pursuant to Article 5 of the Swiss Cartel Act (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fedlex.admin.ch\/eli\/cc\/1996\/546_546_546\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CartA<\/a>) regarding salary information of bank employees. According to the press release, a large number of banks in German-speaking Switzerland are alleged to have regularly exchanged information on salaries and salary components of various categories of employees.<\/p><p>In recent years, the labour market has increasingly come under the scrutiny of competition authorities worldwide. With the present preliminary investigation, possible agreements in the labour market are now also for the first time being examined under competition law in Switzerland. This is particularly controversial against the background that the economically most significant labour market-related agreements between social partners in collective labour law proceedings are excluded from the application of the CartA. The preliminary investigation thus raises some interesting and challenging questions.<\/p><p>The outcome of the preliminary investigation is of great relevance for the future practice of the COMCO and companies operating in Switzerland. We will closely follow and inform here again about all relevant developments in that regard.<\/p><p>The press release can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weko.admin.ch\/weko\/en\/home\/medien\/press-releases\/nsb-news.msg-id-92044.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> (in German, French, Italian and English).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0b3fb0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c0b3fb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>CORE Attorneys is a boutique law firm in Switzerland, focusing on <a href=\"https:\/\/core-attorneys.com\/en\/expertise\/wettbewerbsrecht\/\">competition\/antitrust law<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/core-attorneys.com\/en\/expertise\/regulierung\/\">regulatory<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/core-attorneys.com\/en\/expertise\/vertriebsrecht\/\">distribution law<\/a> matters. Visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/core-attorneys.com\/en\/news-insights\/\">News &amp; Insights<\/a> and follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/core-attorneys\">LinkedIn<\/a> for regular updates on all our focus areas.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Am 5. Dezember 2022 er\u00f6ffnete das Sekretariat der Wettbewerbskommission (Sekretariat der WEKO) eine Vorabkl\u00e4rung gegen 34 Bankinstitute in sechs Deutschschweizer Regionen. Grund daf\u00fcr ist eine m\u00f6glicherweise kartellrechtswidrige Abrede gem\u00e4ss Artikel 5 Kartellgesetz (KG) \u00fcber Lohninformationen von Bankangestellten. 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