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Wappen GlarusCanton of Glarus

Register a caregiver in Glarus — legally and simply.

Found a caregiver for your parents or for yourself? Clino turns it into a proper employment relationship: registration with the compensation office, contract, insurance and payroll — for CHF 19.90/month, whether it's a few hours or around the clock.

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No placement agency — you keep your caregiver. Clino takes the official paperwork off your hands.

Which model fits?

By the hour, fixed days or live-in

Care by the hour

e.g. 2–3 mornings per week

Shopping, cooking, accompanying to appointments, companionship. The most common starting model — often complementing Spitex or relieving family members.

Fixed part-time

fixed half-days or days

Reliable structure in daily life: the same person, the same times. From 8 hours per week, non-occupational accident insurance (NBU) is added.

24h care (live-in)

the caregiver lives in the household

Round-the-clock presence with her own room. Board and lodging count as payment in kind (CHF 990/month); on-call presence time is governed by the SECO model NAV.

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Your personal plan

Your caregiver in Glarus — fully planned.

Set hours and wage. Cost, procedure and insurance appear instantly.

h/week
20
CHF/h
30
Your postcode8750Canton Glarus

Your Glarus care plan

Personal

Responsible office

SV Glarus

online via AHVeasy

Your procedure

Ordinary procedure

Above CHF 22,680/year — monthly accounting, plus BVG pension from age 25.

Accident insurance

  • Occupational accident (BU) — paid by the employer
  • Non-occupational accident (NBU) — mandatory from 8 h/week

Your cost per month

CHF 3'070.50/ month

≈ CHF 36'846.00 / year

Gross wageCHF 2'816.69
Social contributions (employer)CHF 233.91
ClinoCHF 19.90
Your caregiver receives net CHF 2'455.26

What Clino does for you

  • Employment contract ready
  • Registration with SV Glarus prepared
  • Wage & contributions calculated every month
Use this plan30 days free · no power of attorney · cancel anytime
UNDECLAREDThe dark reality.
  • ✕No contract, just a handshake
  • ✕Accident? You pay the medical bills
  • ✕Fines up to CHF 10'000 + 5 years of back contributions
REGISTEREDThe bright reality.
  • ✓NAV-compliant employment contract
  • ✓UVG policy: pays from hour one
  • ✓AHV settled cleanly, CHF 19.90/mo.
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DRAG THE LINE: WHERE DOES YOUR HOUSEHOLD STAND?
Inspection intensity
Sample-basedFrequent
Sample-based inspections

How strict are inspections in Glarus?

Even in Glarus, registration is mandatory from the first franc. A single spot check or an accident involving your caregiver can expose an unregistered hire, with fines and back-payments.

With Clino you register your caregiver in minutes. Clino guides you step by step through registration, insurance and payroll.

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Official language
German
Undeclared-work checks
Sample-based inspections
AK confirmation
typically ~13 working days
Salary certificate deadline
31 January for the past year
Canton of Glarus
glärig suferblitzsauber, auf Glarnerdütsch

All of Glarus: one office, one registration

Every municipality, one office: Sozialversicherungen Glarus.

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Wappen GlarusCanton of Glarus at a glance

Home care in Glarus

Hourly wage

CHF 25–33

market rate

Compensation office

Sozialversicherungen Glarus

AHVeasy

FAK employer

1.40%

2026

Minimum wage

no cantonal

NAV applies

Avg. household wage

CHF 25

/hr

Administration

0.32%

AHV office fee, typical household

In the long, narrow Glarus valley, outpatient services are well organised but not on site around the clock — private care fills the evening and weekend gaps.

With one of the lowest FAK rates in Switzerland, ancillary wage costs for employers in Glarus are comparatively low.

Financing

Support for care at home

Three levers help carry the cost. The exact amounts depend on the case — the official leaflets are linked.

AHV helplessness allowance

Independent of income and assets, graded by degree of helplessness.

Leaflet 3.01 (ahv-iv.ch) →

Supplementary benefits (EL)

When pension and income do not cover living costs.

Leaflet 5.01 (ahv-iv.ch) →

Tax deduction

Illness- and disability-related costs — canton-dependent.

FTA — taxes (admin.ch) →
Authorities & registration

How to register your caregiver in Glarus

AHV compensation office · AHVeasy portal

Sozialversicherungen Glarus

Responsible for AHV/IV/EO, ALV, the family-allowance fund (FAK), withholding tax and the wage declaration for household staff.

Open registration form & portal
  1. 1

    Register with the Sozialversicherungen Glarus

    Register as a private-household employer — online or by form. You'll receive a billing number. Clino prepares everything.

  2. 2

    Sort out accident insurance

    Occupational accident cover is mandatory, NBU from 8 hrs/week. We arrange it for you — via VAVplus with your compensation office where available, otherwise directly with a partner insurer.

  3. 3

    Sign the employment contract

    Workload, wage, holidays, probation period — for live-in additionally room, board & lodging and presence time. Template from Clino.

  4. 4

    Settle monthly, declare at year-end

    A ready-made payslip every month, and the annual wage declaration to the Sozialversicherungen Glarus at year-end. Clino generates both automatically.

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FAQ Glarus

Frequently asked questions

Do I really have to register a caregiver in a private household — even by the hour?
Yes. As soon as you set the wage, tasks and hours, you are an employer — from the first hour and from the first franc. AHV/IV/EO (5.3% each side), ALV (1.1% each side) and accident insurance are mandatory. The exemption for very small wages (CHF 2'300/year) explicitly does not apply in private households.
Which compensation office is responsible in Glarus?
The Sozialversicherungen Glarus. That's where you register the employment and then settle the contributions. Clino prepares the registration and produces a ready-made payslip every month.
What may the caregiver take on — and what counts as nursing?
Care covers daily life and the household: cooking, shopping, accompanying, companionship, structure in the day. Basic and treatment-related nursing (e.g. preparing medication, wound care) belongs to nursing professionals or Spitex — which requires a licence depending on the canton. The two combine without any problem.
What applies to 24-hour care with board and lodging?
Accommodation and meals are payment in kind: CHF 990 per month (CHF 33 per day) is added to the cash wage and is subject to AHV. In addition, SECO's model NAV for 24-hour care recommends explicitly regulating and compensating presence time in the contract.
Can I use the simplified billing procedure?
Only up to CHF 22'680 annual wage per person. A caregiver with a larger workload usually exceeds this limit — then the standard procedure with a wage statement applies. From CHF 22'680 annual wage and from age 25, the pension fund (BVG) is added as well. Clino settles both correctly.
My caregiver comes from abroad — what do I need to consider?
Without a C settlement permit the wage is taxed at source. For EU/EFTA citizens, the notification or permit procedure applies depending on duration; cross-border commuters need a G permit. Clino guides you through withholding tax and registration.
What do I risk without registering?
Back-payment of contributions plus default interest — and a fine under Art. 87/88 of the AHV Act. If an accident happens, you are personally liable without insurance. Retroactive registration with the Sozialversicherungen Glarus is possible at any time; the sooner, the cheaper.

Caregiver wage calculator

Gross, net & employer costs

Care employment contract

Free template as a PDF

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Verified by Clino

The registration facts for Glarus

As of July 2026, verified directly with the compensation office.

The right form

Sozialversicherungen Glarus uses the federal form 318.147 (online). No office visit needed.

Important: under «Employment for», pick «Domestic service», only then does question 4.2 about accident insurance via the compensation office appear.

Simplified procedure

The simplified procedure plus (accident insurance included) is offered, but you must actively request it; it is never automatic. Above CHF 22'680 annual wage, quickly reached full-time, the ordinary procedure with individual withholding tax applies.

Deadlines

Register: within 30 days of the first working day. Annual wage declaration: by 30 January for the previous year.

After submitting

The confirmation with your settlement number arrives by post, usually within 1–3 weeks. You may already pay wages in the meantime.

Free, no signup, every step, ready to tick off.

In every municipality of Glarus

Registration works the same across the whole canton — whether care takes place in Glarus, Glarus Nord, Glarus Süd or one of the 11 other localities: same compensation office, same procedure, same flat fee.

GlarusGlarus NordGlarus SüdNäfelsMollisNetstalEnnendaMitlödiFilzbachObstaldenSoolEngiMattElm+11

Canton Glarus compared

  • The FAK contribution is 1.4%, rank 8 of 26 across Switzerland (ascending).
  • The child allowance of CHF 215/month matches the federal minimum.
  • The typical hourly wage for home care is around CHF 29 (average across cantons: CHF 31).
  • There is no cantonal minimum wage; the NAV domestic-work minimums apply.

Public holidays in Glarus (2026)

Thu 1.1.New Year's DayFri 3.4.Good FridayMon 6.4.Easter MondayThu 9.4.Näfelser FahrtThu 14.5.Ascension DaySat 1.8.Swiss National DaySun 1.11.All Saints' DayFri 25.12.Christmas DaySat 26.12.St Stephen's Day

These days are assimilated to Sundays (Art. 20a Labour Act). Only 1 August is paid by federal law, whether other holidays are paid depends on the contract or the NAV. Source: SECO, as of 12.12.2024.

This is how fast it goes in Glarus

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Grüezi! We've found a caregiver in Glarus, what do we need to do now?

09:12

Great! Done in 5 minutes: we register her with the SV Glarus and prepare the contract + payslips. Valid across the whole canton of Glarus.

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New to Switzerland, or cross-border?

Hiring as an expat works exactly the same, in English. And if your helper lives across the border, the cross-border rules apply, AHV and accident insurance stay Swiss, withholding tax depends on her country of residence. The guide explains your case.

What applies to cross-border workers →

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