Do I really have to register her? She only comes every two weeks.
Yes, from the first franc.
The only exception: at most CHF 750 in wages per year, up to and including the year your cleaner turns 25.
Canton of LausanneRegister a cleaner in Vaud
everything prepared.
Is your cleaner in Lausanne correctly registered?
Start 30 days free
The registration is long done within those 30 days. Then CHF 19.90/mo., cancel anytime.
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Not a paid placement, not a partnership.
Clino is simple
All of this is included. For CHF 19.90 a month.
What Clino does, for CHF 19.90
- Employment contract ready to sign
- Wage & social contributions calculated
- Registration & forms pre-filled
- Reminds you of every deadline, how, when, where
- Personal support on WhatsApp
- All 26 cantons, every compensation-office route
What stays with you
- Confirm with one click
- Pay the wage directly
No power of attorney, full control
The registration is done well within the 30 free days. Cancel anytime, you lose nothing.
Your postcode carries over, the office is already detected
Your personal plan
Your cleaner in Vaud: fully planned.
Set hours and wage. Cost, procedure and insurance appear instantly.
h/week
8
CHF/h
33
Your postcode1000Canton Vaud
Your Vaud hiring plan
Responsible office
Caisse AVS Vaud
online via votreAVSVaud
Your procedure
Simplified procedure
One statement per year · 5% withholding tax included.
Accident insurance
- Occupational accident (BU), paid by the employer
- Non-occupational accident (NBU), mandatory from 8 h/week
Your cost per month
CHF 1'377.36/ month
≈ CHF 16'528.32 / year
Gross wageCHF 1'239.41
Social contributions (employer)CHF 118.05
ClinoCHF 19.90
Your cleaner receives net CHF 1'079.25
What Clino does for you
- Employment contract ready
- Registration with Caisse AVS Vaud prepared
- Wage & contributions calculated every month
Canton of VaudY'a pas le feu au lacpas de précipitation, l'expression vaudoise
All of Vaud: one office, one registration
Every municipality, one office: Caisse cantonale vaudoise de compensation.
LausannePLZ 1003register
Yverdon-les-BainsPLZ 1400register
MontreuxPLZ 1820register
NyonPLZ 1260register
We hear this every week
Three sentences, three honest answers
«She has health insurance. If something happens, she's covered.»
For accidents at work it's not her health insurer that pays, but your accident insurance as the employer. If it's missing, the Ersatzkasse UVG steps in and bills you the premiums for up to 5 years back.
With ClinoAccident insurance is included in the simplified procedure plus, via Caisse AVS Vaud. Clino shows you where to tick the box.
«She has a B permit. Taxes are her business, right?»
No, yours: in the simplified procedure you withhold 5 % tax at source from the gross wage, whatever the permit. As the employer, you are liable for that tax.
With ClinoThe 5 % appear on every payslip; they go to Caisse AVS Vaud with the annual declaration.
«She also cleans for three other families. Surely someone has registered her already.»
Every household is its own employer: its own registration, its own accident cover. Without your registration, your cleaner builds up no AHV years.
With ClinoYou only register your own household. 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
UNDECLAREDThe dark reality.
- ✕No contract: in a dispute, only what you both remember counts
- ✕Accident: the substitute fund pays, you owe 5 years of premiums
- ✕AHV: 5 years of back contributions, fine up to CHF 10'000
REGISTEREDThe bright reality.
- ✓NAV contract: holidays, notice and sick pay settled
- ✓Accident cover from the very first hour
- ✓AHV years for her, payslips for you
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DRAG THE LINE: WHERE DOES YOUR HOUSEHOLD STAND?
Short and honest
Four questions, four clear answers
What does it cost me in the end, all in?
Hourly wage plus roughly 19 percent. Plus CHF 19.90 for Clino.
FAK rate in the canton of Vaud: 2.62 %. 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?
Set up once. Then once a year.
The registration goes to Caisse AVS Vaud, online via votreAVSVaud, 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 across Switzerland. It gets expensive anyway: the Ersatzkasse UVG and the AHV claim up to 5 years back, plus a fine of up to CHF 10'000 (AHVG Art. 88).
Details from Caisse cantonale vaudoise de compensation 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
Start 30 days free
The registration is long done within those 30 days. Then CHF 19.90/mo., cancel anytime.
Vaud authorityWhere do I register my cleaner in Vaud?
The responsible authority is Caisse cantonale vaudoise de compensation. You register online through the votreAVSVaud portal, no counter and no paper.
You use votreAVSVaud. Behind it is Caisse cantonale vaudoise de compensation.
Caisse AVS Vaud·caisseavsvaud.ch
The responsible social-insurance office
Collects AHV, IV, EO, ALV and family allowances for private-household employers in Canton Vaud and issues one statement per year.
Open websitevotreAVSVaud·caisseavsvaud.ch/fr/Services/Services-en-ligne/Portail-votreAVSVaud/Portail-votreAVSVaud.html
The online portal
Set 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 portalHow it actually works
- 1Open an account on votreAVSVaud: confirmation code arrives by post (3–5 days).
- 2Activate "Private household": that registers you as an employer with Caisse cantonale vaudoise de compensation.
- 3Add the cleaner with her AHV number (756.…) and start date.
- 4Report the annual salary: Caisse cantonale vaudoise de compensation settles everything automatically.
Clino walks you through each step with screenshots and pre-fills the wage fields from your monthly payroll.
Verified by Clino
The registration facts for Vaud
Rates and registration route last checked on July 17, 2026.
The right form
Caisse cantonale vaudoise de compensation uses its own registration form or portal, the direct link is in the card above.
Simplified procedure
The simplified procedure plus (accident insurance included) is offered, but you must actively request it; it is never automatic.
Deadlines
Register: within one month 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 a few weeks. You may already pay wages in the meantime.
Canton Vaud specifics
The Vaud form has NO LTN+ checkbox: write your request for LTN+ (simplified procedure incl. UVG, partner Solida) into the free-text insurance field.
Free, no signup, every step, ready to tick off.
LausanneNo Chèque serviceIs there a Chèque service in the canton of Vaud?
No. The state-backed Chèque service exists only in the canton of Geneva. In Vaud you register your cleaner directly with the cantonal compensation fund, or you go through an independent organisation. Both routes at a glance:
Directly with the Caisse cantonale vaudoise de compensation
- Registration runs through the Vaud fund's online form «S'affilier en tant qu'employeur en procédure simplifiée (LTN)».
- Later wage declarations run through the fund's own portal, votreAVSVaud, not AHVeasy.
- A first affiliation is possible at any time. Only a change of settlement procedure has to be announced before the end of the preceding year.
- Clino prepares the contract and wage data and guides you step by step through the form.
EPER, Vaud's cheque-emploi organisation
- In Vaud, EPER (Entraide Protestante Suisse) holds the cheque-emploi role that Chèque service holds in Geneva.
- A legally independent organisation with its own fees and tools, no cantonal portal and no shared platform with Geneva.
Vaud specialty: Vaud is one of the very few cantons where a small family-allowance share is also deducted from the employee's wage (0.09% of gross). Clino accounts for it automatically in the payslip.
If she falls ill: how long you keep paying the wage
How many days of full wage you owe in Vaud depends on the year of service. This is the table that binds here when no policy sits behind it.
Vaud keeps two tables: from 20 hours a week the next step up applies. The chart shows the table below that.
The cantonal NAV in Vaud describes sick-pay insurance without requiring it. The choice is yours.
Check what applies in your caseSpecific to canton Vaud
What's different in Vaud
FR
Official language
The Caisse cantonale vaudoise de compensation works in French.
CHF 1,617per child
One-off birth allowance
On top of the regular child allowance. Paid out by the Caisse cantonale vaudoise de compensation.
2.62% FAK
FAK rate above CH average
Swiss average: 1.67 %. Factor this into your budget.
Costs in Vaud
What you pay as a Vaud employer, at a glance
2.62%
Vaud FAK
Family allowance contribution, employer only.
CHF 22,680
VAVplus threshold
Annual wage per cleaner: one statement instead of monthly.
CHF 28
Average hourly wage household help Vaud
Gross per hour, rounded cantonal average, not a binding rate.
CHF 1,617
Birth allowance
One-off per birth, specific to Vaud.
Caisse cantonale vaudoise de compensation charges an administrative fee of 5.00% of the AHV/IV/EO contributions (AHVV Art. 157, capped at 5%). Expressed against the gross wage that is 0.53%.
ZERO PAPER
This is your paperwork
with Clino.
Registration, contract, insurance, payslips. Every form still exists. Just not on your desk.
Clear your desk →clino.
✓Caisse AVS Vaud registration: pre-filled
✓Employment contract created
✓Accident cover: next steps
✓Payslip ready
✓Salary statement for taxes
Been at it for a while?
Your cleaner has been coming for months or years already? Then now is the cheapest moment.
If you register yourself, you pay at most 5 years of AHV contributions back, plus 5 % default interest. Clino issues the contract and registration from today; for the past, we help via WhatsApp.
Tools for Vaud
Calculate, check and plan it yourself
Four small tools, no signup, pre-loaded with Vaud rates.
Cross-border worker
Register my cross-border employeeEmploying a cross-border worker in Vaud?
Vaud is one of the eight accord cantons: if your household help lives in France (G permit), NO Swiss source tax is withheld, she is taxed in France. Clino prepares the AHV registration, accident insurance and the monthly payslip on the ordinary procedure. All you need, once a year, is form 2041-AS.
Every role, one flat price
Register other household help in Vaud
Whoever you employ at home. Clino prepares the registration and the insurance and runs payroll, all for in Vaud.
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Frequently asked questions: Lausanne
How do I register my cleaner with the Caisse cantonale vaudoise de compensation?
Through the votreAVSVaud portal. Clino prepares all forms, you upload them directly to votreAVSVaud. The caisse confirms registration within days.
What is the FAK rate in the Canton of Vaud?
The family allowance contribution is 2.62% of gross wages (employer) plus 0.09% (employee) in the Canton of Vaud. Clino calculates this automatically.
What is the typical hourly wage for a cleaner in Lausanne?
For the Canton of Vaud, Lausanne included, the average hourly wage for a cleaner is around CHF 28 (gross), a cantonal average, not a Lausanne rate. The Canton of Vaud has no generalised cantonal minimum wage for domestic work.
What child allowances apply in the Canton of Vaud?
CHF 322 per child per month (child allowance), CHF 425 per child per month (education allowance from age 16). Plus a CHF 1,617 birth allowance. Paid through the Caisse cantonale vaudoise.
What is the simplified procedure (VAV) in the Canton of Vaud?
In the Canton of Vaud, AHV, ALV, withholding tax and UVG are settled together through the Caisse cantonale vaudoise. Applies to wages up to CHF 22,680 per year per employer.
What happens if I don't register my cleaner in the Canton of Vaud?
Undeclared work is actively prosecuted in the Canton of Vaud. Fines up to CHF 10,000 plus back-payment of all social insurance contributions, retroactively up to 5 years.
What does Clino cost?
CHF 19.90 per month: flat rate. First 30 days free. Cancel monthly.
How do I register my cleaner with the AHV in Lausanne?
You register as an employer with Caisse AVS Vaud (the responsible compensation office) and add your cleaner with her AHV number (756.…). Under the simplified procedure (VAVplus) one filing per year is enough. Clino prepares the AHV registration for Lausanne and guides you step by step.
What does the AHV registration cost in Lausanne?
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 Lausanne rates automatically.
From what wage must I register my cleaner with the AHV?
In a private household, AHV registration is mandatory from the first franc – across Switzerland, including in Lausanne. Only wages of employees under 25, up to CHF 750/year, stay exempt on request.
Public holidays in Lausanne (2026)
Thu 1.1.New Year's DayFri 2.1.Berchtold's Day (2 Jan)Fri 3.4.Good FridayMon 6.4.Easter MondayThu 14.5.Ascension DayMon 25.5.Whit MondaySat 1.8.Swiss National DayMon 21.9.Federal Fast MondayFri 25.12.Christmas 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.
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