Canton of GenevaIs your cleaner in Genève correctly registered?
Not a paid placement, not a partnership.
Set hours and wage. Cost, procedure and insurance appear instantly.
Responsible office
OCAS Genève
online via AVSeasy
Your procedure
Simplified procedure
One statement per year · 5% withholding tax included.
Accident insurance
Your cost per month
≈ CHF 16'495.80 / year
What Clino does for you
Three questions that only come up later
She has health insurance. If something happens, she is covered.
Accidents at work are not her health insurer's business. They fall under accident insurance, which you as the employer have to take out: from the first hour for occupational accidents, and from 8 hours a week for her free time as well. If she is not insured, the Ersatzkasse UVG steps in for your cleaner and bills you for up to 5 years of premiums. Whether cover applies retroactively is handled differently by each insurer: register before she comes for the first time.
With ClinoAccident insurance is included in the simplified procedure plus, via OCAS Genève. Clino shows you where to tick the box.
She has a permit B. Taxes are her business, aren't they?
No, yours. In the simplified procedure you deduct 5 % withholding tax from the gross wage and pass it on to the compensation office with the annual wage declaration, whatever her permit, even with a permit C or a Swiss passport. As the employer, you are liable for this tax. Your cleaner receives a certificate from the office for her tax return.
With ClinoThe 5 % appear on every payslip; they go to OCAS Genève with the annual declaration.
She also cleans for three other families. Surely someone has registered her already.
Each household is its own employer: its own registration, its own payslip, its own accident cover. An invoice does not make anyone self-employed; the compensation office decides that, not the paperwork. Without registration, your cleaner builds up no AHV years; an estimated 73'000 women in Switzerland are in this situation.
With ClinoYou register your household, in 5 minutes. What the other families do remains their duty.
Sources: UVV Art. 13 · Art. 95 UVG, Ersatzkasse UVG (written reply, August 2026) · AHV info sheet 2.07 · AHVG Art. 12 · Clino studies «Wer putzt die 10-Millionen-Schweiz» and «AHV-Rentenlücke Haushaltshilfen»
Short and honest
Do I really have to register her? She only comes every two weeks.
Yes, from the first franc.
There is no minimum threshold in a private household, not even during the trial period. The only exception: at most CHF 750 in wages per year, up to and including the year your cleaner turns 25.
What does it cost me in the end, all in?
Hourly wage plus roughly 18 percent. Plus CHF 19.90 for Clino.
FAK rate in the canton of Geneva: 2.37 %. Add 8.33 % holiday supplement and your contributions for AHV, IV, EO, ALV and occupational accident insurance. The calculator above shows the exact amount.
Go to the cost calculatorHow long does it take?
5 minutes, once. Then once a year.
The registration goes to OCAS Genève, online via AVSeasy, within one month of the first working day. You may pay wages before that. Then, by 30 January, you declare the previous year's wages. Clino pre-fills, you sign and send.
And what if I just leave it?
Inspections are rare. You pay anyway.
In 2025 there were 239 inspections of private households in the whole of Switzerland. It gets expensive even without an inspection: if your cleaner falls off a ladder, the Ersatzkasse UVG pays her benefits and bills you for up to 5 years of missed premiums. AHV also claims contributions back for 5 years, plus a fine of up to CHF 10'000.
Details from OCAS - Office cantonal des assurances sociales per its info sheet. Sources: AHV info sheets 2.06 and 2.07, SECO report on the Federal Act against Undeclared Work 2025, Ersatzkasse UVG (written reply, August 2026). 2026 contribution rates last checked on . Sources and methodology
Canton of GenevaEvery municipality, one office: OCAS - Office cantonal des assurances sociales.
GenèvePLZ 1204register
VernierPLZ 1214register
LancyPLZ 1212register
MeyrinPLZ 1217register
CarougePLZ 1227registerGeneva authorityThe responsible authority is OCAS - Office cantonal des assurances sociales. You register online through the AVSeasy portal, no counter and no paper.
You use AVSeasy. Behind it is OCAS - Office cantonal des assurances sociales.
Collects AHV, IV, EO, ALV and family allowances for private-household employers in Canton Geneva and issues one statement per year.
Open websiteSet up the account, register the cleaner and report wages here. Under the simplified procedure (VAVplus) up to CHF 22'680/year, your only touchpoint.
Open portalClino walks you through each step with screenshots and pre-fills the wage fields from your monthly payroll.
Rates and registration route last checked on July 17, 2026.
OCAS - Office cantonal des assurances sociales uses its own registration form or portal, the direct link is in the card above.
The simplified procedure plus (accident insurance included) is offered, but you must actively request it; it is never automatic.
Register: within one month of the first working day. Annual wage declaration: by 30 January for the previous year.
The confirmation with your settlement number arrives by post, usually within a few weeks. You may already pay wages in the meantime.
In Geneva, registration runs through OCAS's e-démarche (online account required). The LTN+ package (incl. UVG) runs via the partner SOLIDA.
Free, no signup, every step, ready to tick off.
Other Geneva offices (only if relevant to your situation)
Office cantonal de l'inspection et des relations du travail (OCIRT) Geneva. Switzerland's most active undeclared-work inspectorate, private-household checks are frequent.
Geneva Tax Administration (AFC). Wage certificate from the OCAS portal, transmitted automatically to the cantonal tax administration.
Official cantonal portal, with an overview of all administrative services.
Geneva onlyGeneva is the only canton with a state-subsidised declaration system for domestic staff. Both routes are legal and reputable. The difference is the model: commission and mandate with Chèque service, flat price and self-control with Clino.
Honestly: Chèque service is an established reference, not a rival. For very small hourly volumes the commission can be cheap. But it grows without limit as the wage rises, while Clino stays flat.
Paying less risks fines under the federal anti-undeclared-work law.
SourceThe OCAS - Office cantonal des assurances sociales works in French.
On top of the regular child allowance. Paid out by the OCAS - Office cantonal des assurances sociales.
Swiss average: 1.67 %. Factor this into your budget.
Check the G permit and report withholding tax correctly.
OCAS - Office cantonal des assurances sociales charges an administrative fee of 2.62% of the AHV/IV/EO contributions (AHVV Art. 157, capped at 5%). Expressed against the gross wage that is 0.28%.
What you have to research, word and keep track of yourself, and what Clino handles for you.
Preconfigured for OCAS - Office cantonal des assurances sociales and Geneva rates, not a generic solution.
Been at it for a while?
If you register yourself, you pay the AHV contributions for the past years, at most 5 years, plus 5 % default interest. Clino issues the contract and registration from today; the past is something you discuss with the compensation office, and we help you with the wording via WhatsApp.
Four small tools, no signup, pre-loaded with Geneva rates.
Geneva borders France. Even if your household help is a cross-border worker (G permit), AHV registration and accident insurance apply in Switzerland. Withholding tax depends on her country of residence, the linked guide explains what applies in your case.
Clino knows the rules, rates and compensation office of Geneva in detail, so you don't have to deal with any of it.
Registration directly with OCAS - Office cantonal des assurances sociales, the competent body for Geneva.
Geneva's family-allowance rate, child benefits and minimum wage are built in.
AHV, UI and accident insurance (VAVplus) run through a single procedure.
Rates verified on July 17, 2026 · 2026 tariffs
Whoever you employ at home. Clino prepares the registration and the insurance and runs payroll, all for in Geneva.
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Through the OCAS (Office cantonal des assurances sociales) AVSeasy portal. Clino prepares all forms, you upload them directly to AVSeasy. OCAS confirms registration within days.
The family allowance contribution (FAK) is 2.372% of gross wages in the Canton of Geneva, paid solely by the employer. Clino calculates this automatically.
The average is CHF 29–33/hour (gross) in Geneva. Note: the Canton of Geneva has a cantonal minimum wage of CHF 24.59/hour, legally binding for all employment relationships in the canton.
CHF 311 per child per month (child allowance), CHF 415 per child per month (education allowance from age 16). Plus a CHF 2,073 birth allowance. Paid through OCAS.
In the Canton of Geneva, AHV, ALV, withholding tax and UVG are settled together through OCAS. Applies to wages up to CHF 22,680 per year per employer.
Undeclared work is actively prosecuted in the Canton of Geneva. Fines up to CHF 10,000 plus back-payment of all social insurance contributions, retroactively up to 5 years.
CHF 19.90 per month: flat rate. First 30 days free. Cancel monthly.
Registration itself is free. Only the social contributions apply: AHV/IV/EO 10.6% and ALV 2.2% (split in half), plus the cantonal FAK contribution (employer only) and UVG. Clino calculates all Geneva rates automatically.
In a private household, AHV registration is mandatory from the first franc – across Switzerland, including in Geneva. Only wages of employees under 25, up to CHF 750/year, stay exempt on request.
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.
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Bonjour! We've found a cleaner in Genève, what do we need to do now?
09:12Great! Done in 5 minutes: we prepare her registration with the OCAS Genève, you sign it, plus the contract + payslips. Valid across the whole canton of Geneva.
09:14Are you the cleaner?
Pay, insurance, your rights, plus a ready-made pack you can send your employer so they register you legally.
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