Unemployment: when will I get paid? "A number of people have been made redundant in my company and I'm very much afraid that I'm next on the list. I've never been unemployed and I've been told that there's a risk that I won't get paid straight away. Is this true? Anouchka, Geneva In case...
Dog injured by a neighbour: who pays the vet? "The other day, my neighbour broke into my garden to get a football. I don't normally mind this at all, except that this time he hit my dog because it was playing with his ball, which supposedly costs a lot of money.The...
Warm chestnuts and beware of bodywork! "I rent a parking space under a chestnut tree. Over the years, this tree has become very tall, and the chestnuts are getting more and more numerous and falling higher and higher. It's a nightmare for the bodywork, which is riddled with dents. Following my intervention...
Change of name " I recently heard that children of divorced parents can now apply to change their surname if they wish to bear the same name as their mother when they live with her. Is this true? How do you go about it? Charlotte, Geneva In the section dealing with the protection of personality, article...
Certificate of living person " Divorced and retired, I have been paying a pension to my ex-wife since 1979. On numerous occasions I have asked my ex-wife's lawyer to provide me with a certificate stating that she is still alive, but I have never received it. As I have not received this certificate, I have...
Is this restaurant owner acting within his rights? "I booked a table at the restaurant for an evening of wine tasting with several friends, but unfortunately some of them cancelled at the last minute. He finally agreed to compensate them...
What "it's the law" means" For me, when something seems compulsory, I say that "it's the law", but a friend recently took me up on the subject with some subtle distinctions that I'm afraid I didn't quite understand. Could you enlighten me for our next discussion on...
CCT and CTT Certain employment contracts are in fact subject to mandatory rules deriving either from collective labour agreements (CCT) or from standard employment contracts (CTT). Such agreements may be drawn up for a single company or for a group of...
What exactly is a day's fine? "I was convicted of driving a motor vehicle without a driving licence. My learner's licence had expired a month earlier. I was given a suspended sentence of 20 day fines for 2 years and a fine of CHF 200.
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