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Calculators, checks and templates for Swiss household employment. Free, for all 26 cantons.
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The complete guide to registering a household employee yourself: compensation office, contract, deductions, insurance and the annual declaration. By canton, with checklists. Free, no account needed.
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40 tools
Before hiring
16Plan the costs and check whether you need to register.
Employer Salary Calculator
Gross-net, AHV/IV/EO, UVG, FAK: all deductions instantly calculated, for every canton.
Nanny Salary Calculator (incl. BVG)
Gross, net and true employer cost of a full-time nanny. Including the pension fund (BVG) other calculators forget.
Caregiver Salary Calculator (incl. room & board)
Gross, net and true employer cost of a caregiver. Hourly or live-in, including salary in kind (room & board) and BVG.
Simplified Procedure Eligibility Check
Check in 60 seconds whether you can register your cleaner under the simplified procedure, or which other path fits.
Which Registration Procedure Applies?
Simplified, simplified-Plus or ordinary procedure, insurance duties, and your competent compensation office, all in one place.
Undeclared Work Risk Check
In 2 minutes, check if you're legally on safe ground: with concrete fine amounts.
Hiring Models Compared
Employ directly, through an agency or cash: who the employer is, what it costs and which way fits.
Social Insurance Check
All insurance obligations at a glance. AHV, UVG, KTG, BVG. What do you actually need?
Sick-pay insurance check
Do I have to take out sick-pay insurance? Canton, hours, service year and what it costs without a policy.
Nanny Tax Deduction Calculator
How much of your nanny costs you can deduct from taxes: by canton and number of children.
Helplessness Allowance Check
Entitlement, monthly amount, start date and back pay (12 months at most). Plus the application pack with a cover letter to the IV office.
Assistance contribution: where do you stand?
Nothing yet, waiting for the decision or already decided: the next step for your situation, from the helplessness allowance to the first invoice to the IV office.
Assistance contribution wage calculator
How much gross wage the IV hourly rate covers in your canton, and what is left over or missing each month.
Needs diary for the assistance contribution
For 7 or 14 days, note what help is needed, how often and for how long, in the areas of the IV assessment. As a PDF for the visit, no account, stays in the browser.
Family carer support finder
Five questions show what you are entitled to as a family carer: AHV care credits, carer's leave, payments from your canton and being employed.
Childcare Compared
Nanny, daycare, childminder or au pair? Costs, flexibility and effort compared, with a decision helper.
Starting out
6Set up the contract and start things off right.
Employment Contract Generator
Swiss employment contract based on the OR and NAV in 2 minutes, tailored to your household.
Contract Checker
Check your existing employment contract for gaps: what's missing, what's unlawful?
Nanny Employment Contract Generator
Nanny contract based on the OR and NAV in minutes. Childcare duties, hours, holidays and pay, tailored to your household.
Caregiver Employment Contract Generator
Contract based on the OR and NAV for private senior care. Duties, presence time, room & board and emergency protocol, tailored to your household.
Au Pair Contract Generator
Au pair contract in minutes: pocket money, board and lodging as wage in kind, the 30-hour cap, language course and free day as clauses, each one explained.
Key Receipt Template
Document the key handover in writing: downloaded and filled in 30 seconds.
Monthly admin
6Payslips, holidays and the day-to-day, handled.
Payslip Generator
Professional PDF payslip in seconds: name, hours, deductions, ready to send.
Salary QR-Bill Generator
Create the Swiss QR-bill for your household help's salary and pay by scan from your own bank. Free, in the browser.
Household Employer Calendar
Wage declaration, salary certificate, new minimum wages and the workplace public holidays as a calendar file, with reminders.
Assistance contribution budget
Enter the hours, nights and level from your decision: monthly amount, fixed annual cap and the most a single month may bill (150 %).
Holiday Entitlement Calculator
Exact holiday entitlement by age and years of service: under Swiss CO and NAV.
Cleaning Schedule Template
Personalised plan as PDF: pick rooms and tasks with frequency, for employer or cleaner.
Year-end
3Due once a year: salary certificate and annual declaration.
Salary Certificate Generator
The annual document for your employee's tax return: deductions calculated, official Form 11 structure, PDF ready to sign.
Wage Declaration
The annual declaration to the compensation office, month by month: wage total and contributions as a PDF, with how to file it, by 30 January.
Carer tax deduction calculator
Actual costs or flat rate? The carer's wage costs minus helplessness allowance, assistance contribution and EL, compared with the flat rate for 2026 and from 2027.
Changes & leaving
5Notice, deadlines and references done correctly.
Household Termination Kit
All five steps on one page: calculate the notice period, check protected periods, create letter and reference, close down properly with the checklist.
Work Reference Generator
Work reference for household employees from proven blocks: benevolent and truthful, without hidden codes, in six languages as a PDF.
Notice Period Calculator
When does notice end? Last working day, continued pay obligations and legal deadlines.
Termination Letter Template
Termination based on the OR for both sides: employer and employee, ready to use.
Recommendation Letter Generator
Personal recommendation letter for your help: warm, professional, in 6 languages.
For workers
4Check your employment and your rights.
Full Pension Calculator: AHV + BVG
Your whole pension in one calculator. 1st and 2nd pillar, with wage, contribution years and occupational savings.
Employment Check for Cleaners
In 2 minutes, check if you're correctly employed. Contract, AHV, UVG, salary statement, withholding tax, wage.
AHV Pension Gap Calculator
Calculate how much pension you're missing from AHV gaps: monthly and over 20 years.
Wage Calculator (Employee View)
What's left after deductions? Net pay, holiday pay, 13th month. From the employee's perspective.
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- One calculation or document, whenever you need it
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- Your household and employees in your account, on any device
- Every month's payslip, with all the earlier ones kept
- Contributions added up over the year
- Annual declaration and salary certificate from the year's payslips
- Reminders before deadlines
- Registration with the compensation office step by step, for your canton
- Your employee gets a personal link to her payslips
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