1. Gig Economy and Future World of Work

2. Employees Labour Law grants certain minimum standards such as:
Social Security
Insurance
Pension
Protection against dismissal

3. Independent Contractors
No such minimum standards

4. Main issue in connection with gig economy
Problem of 'false' self-employment
Companies hire «independent contractors» who legally would qualify as employees
Evation of the minimum standards as guaranteed by labour law

5. Uber Taxi case(s) in Switzerland
Uber works with «independent contractors»
No known court decisions regarding Uber
Supreme court has decided that taxi drivers who work for taxi offices are not independet contractors but employees
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs and Social Insurances qualify Uber as employer and its drivers as employees

6. Zero-Hour-Contracts Legally allowed (so called «on-call work») 2 Types
Employee has the right to refuse to work
No compensation for stand-by-duty
Employee cannot refuse to work
Mandatory compensation for the stand-by-duty
a sudden unilateral reduction of the working hours by the employer does not lead to a reduction in payment.