People who have always wanted to work from home are finally getting what they wished for, and the new remote workers that are located in Switzerland are even getting a little more than expected. Switzerland’s top court has ruled that companies who expect their employees to work from home are required to contribute to part of the rent.
In a case of an employee who worked from home vs. an accounting company refusing to contribute toward rent, the court found that a monthly compensation of around $154 was justified. Thomas Geiser, a professor of labor law at the University of St. Gallen, was not surprised by the verdict, telling the Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger that the “law obliges employers to reimburse their employees for all expenses incurred to carry out their work.”
