Facts
The case concerns a claim from an alleged employment relationship between [D.] and the general partnership [C.] . [D.] lived in a de facto marriage with [E.] , one of the partners of [C.] . [D.] claimed that she had performed extensive work, particularly office work, at the [C.] business during this time without being paid for it.
In October 2012, [D.] assigned her outstanding wage claims to [B.] . [B.] then filed a lawsuit against [C.] for payment of CHF 94,000.-- plus interest. The lower instances dismissed the lawsuit, as [B.] had not sufficiently substantiated the allegations regarding [D.] 's alleged work performances.
Considerations
The Federal Supreme Court confirmed the decision of the lower instances. It stated that [B.] , as the plaintiff, would have had to sufficiently substantiate the facts from which she derived the existence of an employment relationship between [D.] and [C.] . This includes, in particular, information on the integration of [D.] into the [C.] work…