Question juridique clé
Whether the agreed remuneration under Art. 349a(2) CO was an adequate salary and whether the worker could claim the full monthly salary for May-August 1998 without deduction for saved expenses.
Solution extraite
The agreed CHF 6,500 monthly remuneration had to be treated as a gross salary without an expense component; no deduction for saved expenses was allowed for May-August 1998.
Motifs extraits
The lower court misread the parties' agreement. Under the trust principle, the amount designated as adequate salary was separated from expenses, and the contract-based 23/10 split could not be relied on because it conflicted with Art. 349d CO.