The Fédération des Entreprises Romandes Genève (FER Genève) is a Swiss (''Romand'' designates Swiss cantons where people speak French) employer's organization based in

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Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. It groups 28,000 members, including multinational corporations as well as 9,000 independent workers and 80

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. It is involved in negotiations with the

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, political

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and the provision of services and

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opportunities for its members. The FER Genève operates two institutions active in the Swiss pension system: CIAM-AVS (active in the first pillar of the system) and the CIEPP (active in the second pillar).

Management

Blaise Matthey is the Director and Ivan Slatkine the President.

References

Sources

*Pierre Cormon, Histoire de la FER Genève, Editions de la Fédération des Entreprises Romande Genève, 2018,

External links

Official site of the FER Genève

Website of the CIAM-AVS

Website of the CIEPP
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