General Information
Domestic Helper:
These are women with a pedagogical educational backround as a child care worker, children's nurse, social worker or as a teacher.
The work as a Domestic Helper is wide-ranging. Bring the children to school, prepare lunch, support for the homework and organise free time activities are only some of the possible responsibilites. A Domestic Helper's main focuse is to promote the children.
Addtionally we do also recruit housekeepers. These are women with a house hold educational backround or with many year of work experience.
Philippine Au Pairs:
Theser are young women, which are willing to go for a exchange year. They are students or just gratuated from school. Most of our candidates are educated nurses.
The work for Au Pair is wide-ranging, but more as a support. Cook lunch for the children, play with them and help with the households are some of the duties, which are required.
To have a Au Pair the main focus is for the cultural exchange.
Domestice Helper or Au Pair?
| Domestic helper | Au Pair |
|---|---|
| Domestic Helper are people with a pedagogical/houshold educational backround or they bring many years of experience in the work with children | Au Pairs are young people, which are willing to change their suroundings to improve their language skills and general training. They stay within families were they will support them in child care and houshold duties |
| Domestic Helpers take over the responsibilities concerning the household and childcare | Au Pairs from third countries have to be between 18 and 25 years of age |
| The average of the Domestic Helpers stay between 2 to 3 years employed by family | Au Pairs from third countries will be granted a stay for 12 month, a extention is absolutley impossible |
| Domestic Helpers can either liv-in (own room) or liv-out | Au Pairs from the EU8 and EU2 countries will be grandet a stay for 24 month, a extention is absolutley impossible |
| The Domestic Helpers are between 22 and 55 years of age | The host family and the Au Pair can not have the same mother tongue, be related in any kind of way or have the same nationality |
| The average working hourse are 43 hours per week | The working hours are limited to 30 hourse per week with at least one day off per week |
| The minimum monthly salary is set to be Fr. 3500.-. Depending on age and experience this might change (according to canton) | Minimum two of the monthly off days have to fall up on a sunday |
| Domestc Helpers from the EU8 and EU2 countries need to apply for a work permit | The housewife/houseman needs to be present at home for 50% of the Au Pairs working hours |
| The employer (family) is obligated to register their employee for a accident insurance | The activities of the Au Pair has to cover only light houshold work and support for the childcare, therefore she will receive a appropriate compensation |
| The employer (family) is obligated to register their employee at the AHV/IV/EO/ALV BVG/Tax institutions | The minimum salary is set to be between Fr.600.- to Fr. 800.- per month (depending on canton) |
| The yearly holidays are set to be 20 days | |
| The attendance of a language school (minimum 120 lessons per year), in the one of the spoken languages in Switzerland, is mandatory. The host family commits themself to monitor the school activities and are obligated to cover the costs | |
| The host family has to take out an accident and health insurance for their Au Pair and has to cover the costs | |
| The host family is obligated to registrate their Au Pair at the AHV/IV/EO/ALV/BVG/Tax institutions | |
| There will not be granted any permits for families or single households without any children | |
| The financial circumstances of the family have to be secure |
Legal regulations or important information, if you want to hire a Domestic Helper:
- Should your employee come from one of the EU17 countries (Belium,Denmark,Germany, Finland,France,Greece,Great Britain,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta, Holland, Austria, Portugal, Sweden, Spain and Cyprus), it will not be neccessary to obtain a work permit
- As soon as your employee has arrived in Switzerland, you need to go to the commune to registrate her/him, within 8 days
- Should your employee come from one of the EU8 or EU2 countries, you will need to obtain a woking permit. From June 2011, for the EU8 country members, this will not be necessary any more, since they will get the same privilege as the EU17 countries members