Valérie Borioli Sandoz
Speaker
18:00 | Roundtable: Economic peace – Reconciling organizational performance with respect for human dignity
A graduate of the University of Neuchâtel (Bachelor of Arts), Valérie Borioli Sandoz began her commitment to equality within the federal administration, where she notably chaired a voluntary working group at the Federal Statistical Office. After a period working in tobacco prevention in the canton of Fribourg, she joined Travail.Suisse in 2007, where she took charge of equality and work-life balance issues. She has led several key online service projects for the general public, such as www.informaternite.ch, www.mamagenda.ch, and www.info-workcare.ch, and initiated the project www.respect8-3.ch, dedicated to combating wage discrimination in Switzerland.
Understanding that work-life balance spans from childhood to old age, including periods of illness or accidents that can lead to dependency, Valérie Borioli Sandoz contributed to the creation of the Community of Interest for Carers (CIPA – www.cipa-igab.ch), which has been advocating for the interests of informal carers since 2019.
As a member of the management team at Travail.Suisse, she continues her commitment to equality and reconciliation of work and family life, representing the organization on the Federal Commission for Family Issues (COFF), the board of Pro Familia Switzerland, and the Federal Statistics Commission.
Relevant content :
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Latest article for the Travail.Suisse Newsletter (March 2025): Wage discrimination – the impatience of civil society organisations: Discrimination salariale – l’impatience des organisations de la société civile
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Travail.Suisse Work Conditions Barometer (2015–2024): Baromètre Conditions de travail de Travail.Suisse
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Return to Work After a Career Break for Family Reasons (2024): Retour à l’emploi après une interruption pour raisons familiales (2024)
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For a Modern Equality Policy (2018): Pour une politique de l’égalité moderne (2018)
Travail.Suisse, an independent umbrella organization for employees and the second-largest umbrella organization for employees in Switzerland. Travail.Suisse includes ten affiliated federations representing 130,000 members from a wide range of industries and sectors in both the private and public sectors.
Why she stands behind #24May:
The pendulum swing looming with the return to power of autocrats and political movements advocating exclusion — and against the temptation of backlash — makes this International Day a powerful statement of our determination to resist any rollback of hard-won rights and to continue advancing them. Only a society that respects and includes all its members and minorities, and that firmly condemns exclusion and harassment, can truly thrive — for the benefit of everyone.