Last Friday, April 28, 2023, was a historic day for the Olma Messen St.Gallen Cooperative: the Cooperative Assembly unanimously approved the transformation of the tradition-steeped cooperative into a forward-looking, agile public limited company.
Read moreSven Kohlmeier spoke at the conference about Cybersecurity Best Practices and Considerations in the Time of Covid. In particular, attacks with so-called ransomware (blackmail Trojans, crypto-Trojans, extortion software) pose a considerable threat, especially for companies. Especially in times of home office and teleworking, basic cyber security measures must therefore be observed.
Read moreIn its ruling of 5 January 2022(4A_330/2021), the Federal Supreme Court overturned a ruling of the Commercial Court of the Canton of Aargau and dismissed the action brought by an establishment (restaurant and bar) against an insurance company.
Read moreOn 13 January 2021, the Federal Council decided to tighten the measures to combat the coronavirus (COVID-19) and to loosen the rules on hardship cases. The changes will come into force on 14 January 2021.
Read moreThe federal government bases the order for mandatory quarantine on Art. 35 of the Epidemics Act (EpG). Anyone entering Switzerland from certain areas with an increased risk of infection (risk area) must undergo a ten-day quarantine. Employees who are subject to quarantine and their employers are likely to be increasingly confronted with the question of the obligation to continue to pay wages...
Read moreMany small and medium-sized enterprises still find themselves burdened with the full cost of business rent, despite ongoing losses in turnover due to the COVID-19 protection measures. Now, however, a solution is emerging in parliament.
Read moreHow the impact of Covid-19 on a contractual relationship is dealt with under Swiss law depends primarily on the language of the contract. If it contains a specific "force majeure" clause dealing with a pandemic, that clause applies. Of course, such explicit clauses have not been widely agreed prior to the pandemic. In this case the contract has to be construed in order to determine the intent of the parties, and the Swiss Code of Obligations (CO) applies if it is found that the parties have not made a provision dealing with the impact of a pandemic.
Read moreCOVID-19 credits are also available to NPOs. However, due to the specificities of their economic activity, there are additional considerations to be made.
Read moreHR offices follow a practice of filing AGM resolutions under COVID-19 rules that contradicts the spirit and purpose of COVID-19-VO 2 and violates the delegation principle. On 03.04.2020, the FOJ has now corrected its view.
Read moreAdditional instructions for holding the meeting of a legal entity pursuant to Art. 6a COVID-19-VO 2
Read moreSet of slides and recording of the webinar from 30.03.2020, 13:30h-14:30h
Read moreThe Federal Council provided information on the COVID-19 measures in tenancy law on 27 March 2020. Some issues have been clarified with the new Rent and Lease Ordinance. However, many urgent problems remain unresolved.
Read moreThe Federal Council has decided that employers may temporarily use the employer contribution reserves for the payment of employee contributions to the occupational benefit scheme.
Read moreFor SMEs, the distinction between short-time work and loss of earnings compensation in COVID-19 support is confusing. We show various examples.
Read moreDue to the closure order in COVID-19 Regulation 2, many of those affected can no longer fulfil their contracts. What is the legal situation in the case of continuing obligations, e.g. a fitness subscription? These questions are explored in the following article.
Read moreInitial comments and observations on the COVID-19 Solidarity Guarantee Ordinance of 25.03.2020 of the Federal Council.
Read moreThe new COVID 19 Solidarity Guarantee Ordinance has just been published, along with the accompanying explanatory notes and media release. The forms for COVID bridging loans for SMEs will be available online HERE from Thursday, 26.03.2020, 08:00h.
Read moreMany tenants of a business space are currently facing a financial problem: They had to close their business due to COVID-19 Regulation 2 and have not recorded any turnover since then. However, the tenancy agreement still continues. How should this problem be classified legally?
Read morePractitioners are well advised to ignore the notarial Corona time limit in judicial matters of debt enforcement and bankruptcy law.
Read moreThe forms for the Corona income replacement allowance for self-employed persons are now available online. Information can be found here: 6.03 - Corona income replacement allowance.
Read more
