Spitex: What private service providers offer
For the care and nursing of people at home, one can commission non-profit or commercial Spitex organisations. quitt. shows the…
Home care: These are the differences between care and nursing
Care and nursing for people at home are services that are financed differently: The basic insurance of the health insurance…
quitt offers employers the most comprehensive service
Several companies advertise that they take care of the correct employment of domestic help from A to Z. However, those…
quitt is cheaper than cleaning agencies
The Swiss consumer protection magazine “K-Tipp” compared the prices of five major cleaning agencies. Based on the article, quitt has…
What is a fair wage for a cleaner?
quitt handles the payroll of over 20’000 domestic helpers in Switzerland and therefore knows the average hourly wage employers pay…
You would like to employ a foreign domestic help? These are the requirements.
A foreign domestic helper from one of the 27 EU or one of the four EFTA states may in principle…
My domestic help is sick, do I still have to pay his/her wages?
Yes! Employers are obliged to continue to pay their employees 100% of their wages in the event of illness for…
How many weeks of holiday entitlement does my domestic helper have?
According to Art. 329a of the Swiss Code of Obligations (OR), employees have a holiday entitlement of at least four…
Is there a minimum wage for my domestic help that I must consider?
Yes! In Switzerland there is no nationwide minimum wage, however, there are provisions in the standard employment contract for employees…
Do I have to insure my domestic help?
Yes! You do have to insure your domestic help. All employees in Switzerland must be compulsorily insured against accidents by…