Migros offers its employees continuous support in the areas of health and safety in order to improve their wellbeing, commitment and performance.
Migros aligns its activities with the strategic priorities of occupational health and safety, physical and mental health, and employability.
It guarantees its employees a safe and healthy working environment. Thanks to a systematic and sustainable approach to health management, a total of 12 Migros Group companies have been awarded the Friendly Work Space label.
Migros offers a comprehensive range of prevention and support services for its employees. In the reporting year, the focus was on management training on healthy leadership, initiatives for employees aged 50 and over, and specific health initiatives in partnership with the Medbase Group.
Migros offers a comprehensive range of prevention and support services for its employees.
Occupational safety given high priority
By implementing a systematic health system – the group-wide solution (GWS) M-Group – Migros protects its employees against accidents in the workplace, occupational diseases and work-related illnesses. All aspects of occupational health and safety are covered and implemented by the GWS specialist unit.
The Migros Group defines mandatory safety standards based on regulatory requirements and the companies’ needs. This is externally audited and recertified every five years by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO on behalf of the Federal Coordination Commission for Occupational Safety.
In addition, the Migros Group companies undergo regular internal assessments to ensure compliance with these requirements. These efforts are reflected in a relatively low rate of 0.34% (51 accidents per 1’000 full-time equivalents) for absenteeism due to occupational accidents.
In 2025, the average rate of absenteeism due to illness stood at 4.96 %.
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Rates of illness absenteeism |
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2024 |
2025 |
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Total |
4.83 % |
4.96 % |
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Food Retail |
4.93 % |
5.09 % |
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Non-Food Retail |
5.35 % |
5.75 % |
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Health |
3.74 % |
3.83 % |
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Financial Services |
3.38 % |
2.98 % |
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Travel |
3.16 % |
3.05 % |
Average of monthly figures for calendar year. The base population is 97 % (N = 83’603) of all employees in Switzerland for 2024 and 97 % (N = 79’324) for 2025.
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Number of occupational accidents per 1’000 full-time equivalents 1 |
Rates of absenteeism due to occupational accidents 2 |
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2024 |
2025 |
2024 |
2025 |
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Total |
53 |
51 |
0.33 % |
0.34 % |
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Food Retail |
55 |
54 |
0.35 % |
0.36 % |
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Non-Food Retail |
22 |
17 |
0.05 % |
0.01 % |
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Health |
5 |
4 |
0.20 % |
0.08 % |
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Financial Services |
7 |
11 |
0.04 % |
0.01 % |
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Travel |
5 |
12 |
0.01 % |
0.00 % |
1 The base population is 96 % (N = 61’488) of all full-time equivalents in Switzerland for 2024 and 96 % (N = 57’953) for 2025.
2 The base population is 96 % (N = 84’287) of all employees in Switzerland for 2024 and 97 % (N = 79’324) for 2025.
Business units other than Food Retail account for about 7 % of the base population, which means their N-numbers are very low and the volatility of the results is enhanced by even smaller year-on-year changes.