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SWISS voters in 24 out of 26 cantons roundly rejected a proposal to introduce the world's highest minimum wage in a referendum today.
Under the plan, employers would have had to pay workers a minimum 22 Swiss francs (£15) an hour.
The country’s trade union movement had argued that the minimum wage was needed for people to live a decent life in one of the most expensive countries in the world.
Opponents claimed a minimum wage would deal a death blow to many businesses, but unions countered that higher basic wages would boost the purchasing power of 330,000 people, or one in 10 employees in the country, who live on low wages.
Workers in sales, services and farming generally earn far less than the suggested minimum wage.
The proposal "to protect equitable pay" was the most prominent of several referendums held yesterday morning.
