The Local Switzerland

Swiss court: Insurers can no longer spy on people receiving disability benefit

Thu, 03 Aug 2017 11:26:21 +0200

Switzerland’s highest court has ruled that it is not legal to carry out surveillance on people receiving disability insurance (IV/AI) if they are suspected of cheating the system.

Disabled children win discrimination case against spa in a first for Switzerland

Wed, 22 Mar 2017 10:26:33 +0100

A court in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden has ruled that a spa broke the law in refusing access to five disabled children, the first successful court case of its kind in Switzerland.

Sexual assistants - the stigma of helping disabled Swiss

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:56:00 +0100

For several years now, Jacques Arnould has been giving disabled people in Switzerland the right to a little tenderness and sexual attention.