Facts
[A.] (Plaintiff, Appellant) worked according to a written agreement dated 11 December 2009 for [B. AG] (Defendant, Respondent) from January to March 2010. The cooperation was then continued until the Defendant terminated the contractual relationship without notice on 29 September 2010. The Plaintiff filed a claim with the District Court of Einsiedeln on 27 June 2011, demanding payment of CHF 29,988.53 from the Defendant for outstanding wages, unpaid overtime, and compensation for termination without notice.
The single judge qualified the contractual relationship as a mandate and dismissed the claim. On the Plaintiff's appeal, the Cantonal Court of Schwyz overturned the judgment and assessed the contractual relationship as an employment contract. In a judgment dated 11 February 2015, the single judge at the District Court of Einsiedeln again dismissed the claim, as according to the agreement, compensation was owed in US dollars, but the Plaintiff had filed a claim in Swiss francs.
The Plaintiff appealed against this judgment to the Cantonal Court of Schwyz. However, the President of the Cantonal Court rejected the Plaintiff's request for legal aid for the appeal proceedings due to the lack of prospects of success of the appeal.
Considerations
The Federal Court confirmed the rejection of legal aid. It stated that in the case of foreign currency debts, the creditor can only demand performance in the agreed foreign…