Fédération des Entreprises Romandes Genève

The Fédération des Entreprises Romandes Genève ( " Association of West Swiss company", FER Genève ) is a trade association in Geneva. It includes approximately 26,000 members with 75 professional organizations. The association is active in the field of social partnerships, development of services and networking of its members.

History

The FER Genève originated from the employers' association " Groupement Interprofessionnel patronal ", which was founded in 1928. In 1931, the " Groupe patronal interprofessionnel " with the trade union federation " Fédération des syndicats chrétiens de Genève " together to achieve the objective of a common corporation. In 1932, this union was renamed the " Fédération des Syndicates Patronaux " (FSP ). This initially consisted of two professional organizations with 40 members. Soon he coordinated various professional associations and formed with the Christian Trade Unions, the Geneva Association. The Association managed several social institutions and created investment funds with which the unemployment insurance or family allowances were secured. There Agencies, unemployment insurance funds, health insurance and family allowances funds were established. However, all these efforts were not sufficient to ensure social peace. In 1946, therefore, the former employer federation dissolved and the employers' organization formed along with six other French-speaking associations in 1948, the governing body of the "Fédération Romande des syndicats Patronaux " ( FRSP ). The two main tasks are the management of social institutions and the protection of economic interests of the various professional organizations, for example by assisting in the negotiation of collective agreements with the industrial unions.

In 2003, the name of the organization was to " Fédération des Entreprises Romandes Genève " and forms a major umbrella organization of professional associations in the canton of Geneva. The association has many members of which 70% are micro enterprises with 1-5 employees, which together employ about 130,000 people. In addition, it has approximately 9,000 independent and freelance entrepreneurs and more than 80 professional or trade associations.

Tasks and Social Institutions

• Business advocacy in relation to the municipalities, cantons and federal agencies.
• Services to their members, especially through social institutions, legal assistance and counseling, publications, such as the bi-monthly magazine Entreprise Romande or company-specific seminars.
• Dialogue on the development of society, especially in the area of partnership, social insurance and labor law.
• Networking of its members through events and the provision of conference rooms and a restaurant.

The FER Genève is in the social insurance field, by two institutions operate:

• Founded in 1948 " Caisse inter professionnelle AVS de la Fédération des Entreprises Romandes " ( CIAM AVS) FER CIAM 106 It is a compensation fund, the services and benefits in the field of old-age and survivors' insurance ( AHV), invalidity insurance, family allowances, the income replacement insurance and maternity insurance for the benefit of members of the FER Genève offers.
• Founded in 1961 " Caisse Inter- Entreprises de prévoyance professionnelle" ( CIEPP ), a nonprofit foundation that operates in the field of occupational pensions.