Should the standard workweek be reduced to 36 hours?

AI-generated summary, admin reviewed: This initiative proposed gradually reducing maximum annual working time to 1,872 hours, equivalent to an average 36-hour workweek. It also limited overtime to 100 hours per year and set a maximum working week of 48 hours. Employees earning below one-and-a-half times the average salary would not have their pay reduced because of the shorter hours. Companies that quickly reduced employees' working time could receive temporary government support. Supporters argued that shorter hours would reduce stress and distribute available work among more people. Opponents warned of higher labour costs, reduced competitiveness and excessive government intervention in employment agreements. Swiss voters rejected the initiative.

Seed source: Swissvotes federal popular vote dataset.
Swissvotes page: https://swissvotes.ch/vote/486.00
Official result data: https://bk.admin.ch/de/details-volksinitiativen?voteNumber=486
Vote date: 2002-03-03
Original Swissvotes English title: Initiative «für eine kürzere Arbeitszeit»
Original German title: Initiative «für eine kürzere Arbeitszeit»
Swissvotes short-description title: Die Linke steht nicht geschlossen hinter ihrer Arbeitszeitinitiative
Original French title: Initiative «pour une durée du travail réduite»
Année Politique Suisse description: https://anneepolitique.swiss/prozesse/26880
BFS result map (German): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic&lang=de#c=indicator&i=vp20020303.prop_oui_486_0
BFS result map (French): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic&lang=fr#c=indicator&i=vp20020303.prop_oui_486_0
Official chronology (French): https://bk.admin.ch/fr/details-initiatives-populaires?voteNumber=486