The Federal Council announced yesterday that employers may only ask whether employees have a certificate if it is in order to implement protective measures, or a testing plan.
Otherwise, employers may not request information about an employee's Covid-19 immunity status.
They also specified that if an employer requires its employees to have a Covid test, and if it is not already covered as part of the federal repeat testing programme, then then the employer should pay for it.
Annecy mayor visits local school
Antoine Armand, elected mayor of Annecy in March, has made his first back-to-school visit as head of the cross-border city, meeting pupils and teachers at Cran-Gevrier's Vernay school on Tuesday morning
Climate change affecting rainfall patterns
Rain in Switzerland is falling less often but more heavily when it does, and the trend is likely to continue, according to MeteoSwiss
More security checks after Aarau shooting
Every big public event is likely to face tighter security after the fatal Aarau festival shooting, according to former national security chief André Duvillard
Swiss Life job losses
Zurich-based insurer Swiss Life will cut around 600 jobs by the end of 2028, with half of them in Switzerland
Crans Montana bar missed crucial checks
The security officer for Chermignon has told Valais prosecutors that no proper inspection of the Constellation bar ever took place before it opened in December 2015
Fire cause revealed
Authorities now believe a lithium battery may have triggered Friday's warehouse fire at the Thévenaz-Leduc recycling site in Ecublens, though the cause has not yet been formally confirmed
