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06.04.2021, 10:18
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| | Re: Employment lawyer sought. | Quote: | |  | | | They don't need one either in the US and the pay there is even higher (probably by another factor of 3 in medicine), yet there's a thriving industry of wrongful termination lawsuits | | | | | The US have common law and Switzerland has civil law. Civil law is rule based not judge made, which means there is very little a lawyer can do in the case to a termination, provided the employer follows the correct procedure. In other words lawyers don’t specialize in labour law because there is no money in it.
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06.04.2021, 10:19
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| | Re: Employment lawyer sought. | Quote: | |  | | | I don't think this human behavior happens only at work. | | | | | There are sad & jealous people everywhere, some of them make it into management, life is too short to engage with them.
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06.04.2021, 10:28
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| | Re: Employment lawyer sought. | Quote: | |  | | | Anyone know someone with suitable successful experience?
I know this is an English-speaking forum but no need for the lawyer to be so - French-speaking and expert in the right areas would be fine!
Thks in advance | | | | | It would be nicer if a lawyer could determine if there's some merit in the allegation or not. She can consult a lawyer at the permanence the avocats de Genève. 60 CHF for 45 min https://www.odage.ch/particuliers/permanence
I guess one these lawyers can make a quick assessment and give advice is there's a point in fighting or not. I'm sure that much better than us armchair experts.
From the perspective of expectations management, don't expect too much. As others mentioned, if the employer follows the checklist of what to do when firing someone there's nothing to do. The main points of the checklist comprises proper notice period, and don't fire anyone during vacations, illness, etc.
PS. has the employment relationship effectively ended by now or is the firing used a whip to make her compliant to whatever the manager wants?
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06.04.2021, 10:39
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| | Re: Employment lawyer sought. | Quote: | |  | | | There are sad & jealous people everywhere, some of them make it into management, life is too short to engage with them. | | | | | Exactly. I could have fought, I could have gone on sick leave, I could have gotten a lawyer.
But, tbh, didn't want to deal with all that bullshit. I just wanted it to be over with.
And karma is a bitch, both my boss and the CEO were fired a couple of months later.
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06.04.2021, 12:23
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| | Re: Employment lawyer sought. | Quote: | |  | | | Exactly. I could have fought, I could have gone on sick leave, I could have gotten a lawyer.
But, tbh, didn't want to deal with all that bullshit. I just wanted it to be over with.
And karma is a bitch, both my boss and the CEO were fired a couple of months later. | | | | | And had you had done something you might still be working there without them?
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06.04.2021, 12:38
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| | Re: Employment lawyer sought. | Quote: | |  | | | And had you had done something you might still be working there without them? | | | | | I wouldn't want to.
First they treat you like a number 1 and then they discard you.
Life is too short to work for such a company.
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06.04.2021, 14:56
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| | Re: Employment lawyer sought. | Quote: | |  | | | In other words lawyers don’t specialize in labour law because there is no money in it. | | | | | Actually, three of my colleagues just completed their specialization in labour law: https://www.walderwyss.com/en/news/2...employment-law | The following 2 users would like to thank Mica for this useful post: | | 
06.04.2021, 15:05
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| | Re: Employment lawyer sought. | Quote: | |  | | | | | | | | Even if you never win a case, doesn't mean people won't give you money :-)
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06.04.2021, 15:08
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| | Re: Employment lawyer sought. | Quote: | |  | | | First they treat you like a number 1 | | | | | Top of the list?
Head of the heap?
King of the hill?
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06.04.2021, 15:17
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| | Re: Employment lawyer sought. | Quote: | |  | | | Even if you never win a case, doesn't mean people won't give you money :-) | | | | | OP said it's a nurse. I guess it's important for a nurse to avoid the word incompetence or similar in the job reference. It's about future money, not the past one.
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06.04.2021, 15:19
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| | Re: Employment lawyer sought. | Quote: | |  | | | The US have common law and Switzerland has civil law. Civil law is rule based not judge made, which means there is very little a lawyer can do in the case to a termination, provided the employer follows the correct procedure. In other words lawyers don’t specialize in labour law because there is no money in it. | | | | | The lawyer i hired, charges every minute he works on the case.
The total amount (value) seems pretty low,but can make a big difference in the future.
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06.04.2021, 15:47
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| | Re: Employment lawyer sought.
Thanks for all replies so far, a good deal of common sense on here. She's going to the "permanences" mentioned above first to get an assessment if it's worth hiring a "real" lawyer.
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06.04.2021, 22:55
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| | Re: Employment lawyer sought. | Quote: | |  | | | She hasn't completed the necessary time to make herself a "state employee" and virtually unsackable. | | | | | No such thing here.
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06.04.2021, 22:56
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| | Re: Employment lawyer sought. | Quote: | |  | | | Is this really a thing in Switzerland? Unsackability, at all? And if so, by virtue of being a state employee? What would the term be, for that, in Swiss law, in French, please? | | | | | No, it's a foreign concept, does NOT exist here.
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08.04.2021, 20:52
| | Re: Employment lawyer sought.
There use to be CH lawyer here on this forum - haven't heard from him for a while ..
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08.04.2021, 23:13
| | Re: Employment lawyer sought. | Quote: | |  | | | Is this really a thing in Switzerland? Unsackability, at all? And if so, by virtue of being a state employee? What would the term be, for that, in Swiss law, in French, please? | | | | | Yes, to all intents and purposes, unsackability does exist, but since 2016 (when a change in the law came about), these positions have become less common. They are public service positions that are essentially jobs for life. After several years' service, the public servant changes from being a salaire to a fonctionnaire and enjoys considerable protection. If the department wants to eliminate the role of a fonctionnaire or remove him/her from the role, the public service has to find another job for the fonctionnaire. Essentially, the fonctionnaire can't be sacked except for really serious cause, like s/he has commited a serious crime.
The term in French is fonctionnaire de l'État avec un contrat à durée indéterminée. | Quote: | |  | | | No such thing here.
Tom | | | | | See above. | Quote: | |  | | | No, it's a foreign concept, does NOT exist here.
Tom | | | | | See above above.
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09.04.2021, 01:16
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| | Re: Employment lawyer sought.
I thought that the former status "fonctionnaire", in German "Beamte" had been done away with.
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Yes, here's official info on this. Fonctionnaire / Beamte https://www.bar.admin.ch/bar/fr/home...-employes.html (French) https://www.bar.admin.ch/bar/de/home...en-wurden.html (German) https://www.bar.admin.ch/bar/it/home...impiegati.html (Italian)
This article explains that on 24. März 2000, (i.e. just over 20 years ago), a new law was passed that did away with this status of "fonctionnaire", in German "Beamte" altogether.
As I understand it, that law means that there is no longer any contractual distinction between working for the state or in commerce. Now, working for the state is regulated by means of the same legal framework as all other employment.
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09.04.2021, 12:06
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| | Re: Employment lawyer sought. | Quote: | |  | | | There use to be CH lawyer here on this forum - haven't heard from him for a while .. | | | | | There still is one... | The following 3 users would like to thank Mica for this useful post: | | 
09.04.2021, 13:07
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| | Re: Employment lawyer sought. | Quote: | |  | | | The US have common law and Switzerland has civil law. Civil law is rule based not judge made, which means there is very little a lawyer can do in the case to a termination, provided the employer follows the correct procedure. In other words lawyers don’t specialize in labour law because there is no money in it. | | | | | My experience is quite different.
While labour law is based on written rules, they can become quickly obsolete, and there are gaps that need legal interpretation.
I've seen situations where two cantonal govt agencies published entirely opposing legal interpretations of statutory law.
Case law is commonly applied in Switzerland, although it is subordinate to statutory law.
My experience of tribunal judges is that on the one hand, they have the code of obligations, on the other they have significant latitude in the real world application of the law for cases that come before them.
In Swiss law firms, employment practice includes exec comp planning, helping employers structure their policies, cross border workers, pension, immigration, share plans, data protection.
Any meaningful Swiss law firm has an employment practice - client rates, or remuneration might not be same as Corporate and M&A work, they do compare well to family, IP, or real estate work.
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