Switzerland: Uber is an employer, must respect the rules

Uber is acting in Switzerland as a regular employer and then can not escape the main obligations, in particular the payment of social security contributions: the analysis was made by Professor Kurt Pärli Basel and is the first assessment of law in this matter, executives Unia declared at a press conference this morning in Bern.

Uber, it was recalled, refuses to acknowledge his "taxi drivers" as ordinary wage earners inventing a fictitious independence system, while even the Suva has compared the company to a normal employer.

The employer-employee relationship is demonstrated by the numerous statements that the company gives each driver, when he has to perform a transport request.

For this reason, Unia has asked the authorities to make sure that it complies with the legal requirements faced by professional drivers, regarding rest period, maximum durability and protection of health.

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