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Many people have legal dispute insurance (at least in Norway, Netherlands, and Switzerland[1] this is not uncommon once you make a normal IT salary). It is not
by jerven 9y ago
Many people have legal dispute insurance (at least in Norway, Netherlands, and Switzerland[1] this is not uncommon once you make a normal IT salary). It is not that expensive and well worth having. They wont pay for top lawyers, but it will pay for legal advice and normalish proceedings, especially on common legal areas related to hiring and firing.
Secondly, advice about going to lawyer does not mean sue until it hits the supreme court. It means, get professional advice on the likely outcomes of the different actions. Such as what kind of settlements can you expect, are you like to win on procedural grounds etc... How to best proceed etc... and what outcomes are acceptable to you.
This kind of advice will give you an expected ROI on different approaches that are available to you. Upon which you make an "investment" decision on which approach will be the best for you (not always financial).
Normally such a conversation won't take to long and will not be billed at the legal firms top rate.
[1]: https://www.generali.ch/en/privatkunden/haftung-recht/rechtsschutzversicherung https://www.generali.ch/en/privatkunden/haftung-recht/rechts... (which is the one I pay for)
- eridius 9y agoSpeaking as someone in the US, I've never heard of legal dispute insurance before.
- dx034 9y agoIt's a European thing, as people in many European countries will sue much later than in the US and court cases are usually quite cheap. Most lawyers in Europe don't make a huge amount of money (unless you're a corporate lawyer), so that many cases will only cost the insurance a few hundred dollars.
- spuz 9y agoIn one of the most litigious societies in the world? I find that extremely surprising. How are all these ordinary people able to afford suing big companies because they burnt their tongue on their coffee?
- skookum 9y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contingent_fee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contingent_fee
- tomp 9y agoWhat's a "normal IT salary" in Switzerland?
- jerven 9y agoAccording to a poster I saw once posted in front of my house, the average IT salary is 8700 CHF a month. But expect more depending on the region and for programmers.