Questions tagged [switzerland]
Questions concerning the laws, criminal justice system, civil court procedures and related topics specific to the contrary of Switzerland and its cantons.
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Apply for Swiss residence permit: some non-EU nationals related points
I am a non-EU resident currently living in Germany. In addition, I hold a biometric passport that allows me to stay in EU+Switzerland for 3 months per 180 days without having a residence permit.
I ...
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Is it legal to ask for a competing offer providing the information from another competitor?
The local football club is organizing a fun competition once a year.
Bobs company has been hired for security and information services every year for a very long time. There have never been complaints ...
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What if I sign a work contract and then regret before starting? Switzerland
I got a job offer from company A to start in ~3 months from now, and they want me to sign their contract within one week. Now, I am also awaiting an offer from company B, which already expressed they ...
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Do I have right to refuse to talk to the receptionist and only talk to the doctor?
In Switzerland, to visit even general family doctor it is normally required to make an appointment in advance that usually means to make a phone call. The chat with the receptionist is normally quite ...
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Which Swiss privacy laws prevent my wife from registering me with the family doctor?
My wife failed to register the doctor appointment for me, because the reception refused to speak to her citing the "privacy laws".
It is a normal generic family doctor to go for common cases,...
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Is it legal to request an ID when applying for residential housing?
Is it legal according to Swiss law to request a full copy of an ID when applying to view residential housing?
Swiss agencies often organize viewings for candidate tenants of residential homes. In ...
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Why don't law collections show who the author of the law is?
When reading laws of the Swiss government it just says: "The federal council decrees x,y,z.". Now I'm wondering who the author of some text was and there seems to be no way to find out. I'm ...
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Does a false libelous headline, but a correct article count as libel?
Assume a picture of an iPhone and a headline which reads: "Software error leads many phones to explode". Now in the article there is a line below the same image used for the headline which ...
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In Switzerland, is it legal to make an employee liable for damage, loss, or theft of company property?
My Swiss workplace issued me a laptop. They also issued me a paper detailing the price in Swiss francs of the laptop, apparently with the expectation that I'd pay that amount if anything happened to ...
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Does running your own limited liability company constitute employment? [closed]
What exactly is "employment"? Does running my own limited liability company (GmbH or similar) constitute "employment"?
I am asking this because my (Swiss) employment contract (...
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Do Swiss banks have the right to demand seeing a visa for a foreign country?
A friend who is a Swiss citizen and resident of Switzerland has a checking account with a Swiss bank. Because of a stay in the US, he was asked to file a "Status Declaration Form for Individuals&...
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Property ownership of liquidated company
Around a decade ago the company I was working for launched a new startup. It was owned by my company and I was tasked to work as a consultant helping them set up their IT infrastructure 50% of my time....
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difference between work and contractual obligations
In an employment contract, what is the difference between "the course of work" and "performance of contractual obligations"?
For example, in the Swiss Code of Obligations:
Art. ...
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Are coworking companies bound by legal precedent not to use the intellectual property nor trade secrets of its customers?
The companies which operate coworking facilities are in a position to learn a lot about a person's business. Every facility I've seen is blanketed with cameras, potentially including microphones, the ...
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What happens with seized money?
Daniel the drug dealer was caught with 20.000€ of illegaly earned money while crossing the border into Switzerland. The money was covered in traces of all kinds of drugs, so the court did not believe ...
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