Consulting Contracts

Professors at the University (UZH) and the University Hospital Zurich (USZ) often enter into consulting and speaker contracts in a personal capacity as a form of secondary employment. Certain contracting partners require confirmation from UZH or USZ, as primary employer, that it consents to the contract. UZH does not confirm the contract, but merely takes note of it and confirms that secondary employment is permitted. This confirmation can be supplied only if the contract complies with the statutory requirements and guidelines on secondary employment, as well as the rules which govern inventions and work that is protected by copyright.

Basic principles

Please note that consulting and speaker contracts are concluded exclusively in your own name and therefore must not contain any reference to your activities at UZH or USZ. Only your private data (private address, private e-mail address, etc.) must be included in the contracts. Mention of your function at UZH or USZ (e.g. clinic director) is not permitted.

Conditions

The conditions to be complied with vis-à-vis UZH and USZ are set out in the accompanying Declaration concerning consulting contracts/speaker activities (in German).

Review

Neither UZH nor USZ review personal consulting and speaker contracts. Whether the private contract reflects the interests and rights of the professor and of UZH as the employer is therefore their responsibility. After receiving the contract, UZH issues a declaration acknowledging the contract and giving its consent to the performance of the consulting or lecturing activities as secondary employment.

Liability insurance cover

Please note that your employer policy does not afford you liability insurance cover for secondary employment that you arrange yourself. You must take out your own professional liability insurance in this regard.

Procedure

The procedure for consulting an speaker contracts is as follows:

1. The professor sends the contract for consulting or speaker activities for a company py post to the Professorships Department:
   
   University of Zurich (UZH)
   Professorships Department
   Ms. Susanne Kammerer
   Künstlergasse 15
   CH-8001 Zürich
    
2. Based on the contract submitted, the Professorships Department issues the Declaration concerning consulting contracts/speaker activities and sends it to the professor together with the contract for further use.