Key legal question
Whether Art. 19 PILA required consideration of Panamanian mandatory labor law
Extracted holding
The requirements of Art. 19 PILA were not met; the Panamanian severance rule could not be taken into account.
Extracted reasoning
Although the flag link created a sufficient connection in principle, the decisive point was that the Panamanian rule was not aimed at protecting fundamental labor interests in the Swiss sense. It was a patrimonial departure payment, not a substitute for social security or a core worker-protection norm, so the worker's interest was not manifestly preponderant.