What you need to know about illegal employment in private households
It is no secret that illegal employment is widespread in the private sector. Many cleaning ladies and domestic helpers work…
Category: AHV
You employ a domestic help: Do you know these abbreviations? AHV, IV, EO, ALV, FAK and VK
AHV = Old-age and survivors' Insurance, 8.7% of the gross wage: social insurance that is intended to partially compensate for…
My household help has no AHV number – is that a problem?
No. The Central Compensation Office (ZAS) in Geneva assigns an AHV number to all newborns and new arrivals. This number…
Can I register my sans-papiers domestic helper for the Swiss social security system?
Sans-papiers (undocumented migrants) are people who are residing illegally in Switzerland according to the law. This means that they do…
Can a domestic helper «settle the AHV itself»?
Most cleaning staff who claim to "settle the social security deductions themselves" work illegal. If the cleaner cannot submit a confirmation from the Cantonal Compensation Office (SVA) that she or he…
Do I have to register my babysitter with the AHV?
Most of us will have carried out small jobs for relatives, friends and neighbours in return for a minor payment…
Register a cleaner with the OASI: What you need to know
This is what it's all about Domestic workers are subject to Old-age and survivor's insurance (OASI) from the first minute…