The Swiss government has outlined legislation aimed at putting in place curbs on EU migration backed in a referendum last February.
As part of a bill published on Wednesday (11 February), quotas will apply to foreign workers based in the Alpine country for more than four months from February 2017, while recruitment priority will be given to Swiss residents.
The bill would require firms to demonstrate that no Swiss workers qualify for a job before obtaining a work permit for a for...
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