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Key figures
413affected by layoffs and closuresfrom 4 reports · since Nov 2025
Largest job cuts
- Janssen closes its Bern-Bümpliz vaccine plant, cutting 300 jobs300 Affected staff ·
- Selecta to cut up to 60 jobs under its Selecta 2.0 plan60 Affected staff ·
- Swissmedic to cut around 45 jobs over the next two years45 Affected staff ·
Sectors
| Sector | Entries | Affected staff |
|---|---|---|
| Public administration / Statistics | 2 | 45 |
| Banking | 1 | — |
| Food | 1 | 8 |
| Industry | 1 | — |
| Pharma | 1 | 300 |
Follow-up
Followed up: 4 of 4 announcements older than six months.
Relocated abroad, to: 🇳🇱 Netherlands.
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Sums of the reports recorded in the tracker since recording began, not a complete picture of the labour market.
2026
- Stadler to invest CHF 33m in Biel steel foundry · Expansions · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Agrovision Burgrain closes four farm shops, affecting 8 jobs · Closures · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
2025
- Janssen closes its Bern-Bümpliz vaccine plant, cutting 300 jobs · Layoffs · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Selecta to cut up to 60 jobs under its Selecta 2.0 plan · Layoffs · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Oberried and Brienz sign merger letter of intent · Mergers · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Swissmedic to cut around 45 jobs over the next two years · Layoffs · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Three Raiffeisen banks in the Emmental weigh merger · Mergers · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
2022
- Wylerfeld grade separation eases Bern rail junction · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
2017
- Transjurane A16 motorway through the Jura completed · Infrastructure · 🇨🇭 Switzerland