Private employees - Private Household Employees Ordinance of 6 June 2011
Ordinance for Private Household Employees and appendices in English.
General information
On 6 June 2011 the Swiss Federal Council (Swiss Government) adopted the Private Household Employees Ordinance (PHEO). This ordinance sets out the conditions of entry into Switzerland, of residence and of working conditions for private domestics employed by members of the staff of diplomatic missions, of permanent missions, of consular posts and of international organisations.
This ordinance entered into force on 1 July 2011 and replaced the Directive of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) of 1 May 2006 on the hiring of private servants.
The permanent missions and the international organisations have been informed about this in a circular verbal note dated 8 June 2011 from the Swiss Mission. Embassies and consular posts have been informed in a circular verbal note dated 8 June 2011 by FDFA Protocol.
This ordinance is addressed to employers who wish to engage a private employee with a legitimation card and to those who already have one working for them, and to the private employees themselves.
Ordinance for Private Household Employees and appendices in English
Private Household Employees Ordinance
The standard Employment Contract is available in format “Word” upon request by E-mail:
Procedure for private household employees
Procedure for the issuance of the initial legitimation card, its renewal and its cancellation
Renewal - Declaration of the employer
Renewal - Declaration of the private household employee
Renewal - Declaration of the private household employee DE
Renewal - Declaration of the private household employee ES
Renewal - Declaration of the private household employee IT
Renewal - Declaration of the private household employee PBR
Information Sheets on Insurances
Information Sheet No. 1 : Social insurances (AVS/AI/APG/AC/AFam)
Information Sheet No. 2 : Occupational pension (LPP)
Information Sheet No. 3 : Health insurance (LAMal)
Information Sheet No. 4 : Accident insurance (LAA)
Information Sheet No. 5 : Family allowance
Information Sheet No. 6 : Loss of income insurance
Information Sheet No. 7 : Addresses of the Swiss relevant authorities
Application form requesting the affiliation for AVS
Application forms requesting the exemption from AVS
Applications for exemption from affiliation and check form for the equivalent of Swiss health insurance
Canton of Vaud: online procedure for applying for exemption from swiss health insurance (link in French only)
Index
Links
- FDFA Directive on 1st May 2006 on the hiring of private servant
- Switzerland Federal Law on foreigners (LETR)
- Host State Act - LEH
- Host State Ordinance - OLEH
- Vienna Convention of 1961 on Diplomatic Relations (fr)
- Vienna Convention of 1963 on Consular Relations (fr)
- Swiss Code of Obligations, Section two (Contracts)
- Office of the Amiable Compositeur (fr)
- Agreement on the free movement of persons (fr)
- Chèque service
Documents
Other languages
Domestiques privés - Ordonnance sur les domestiques privés du 6 juin 2011
Ordonnance sur les domestiques privés et annexes en français
Private Hausangestellte - Verordnung über die privaten Hausangestellten vom 6. Juni 2011
Ordinance for Private Household Employees and appendices in German
Domestici privati - Ordinanza sui domestici privati del 6 giugno 2011
Ordinance for Private Household Employees and appendices in Italian
Information Note for the private household employee (in several languages)
Other Documents
Ordinance for Private Household Employees and appendices in Italian
- Ordinanza sui domestici privati
- Conteggio settimanale delle ore di lavoro
- Contratto di lavoro (modello)
- Dichiarazione di garanzia del domestico privato
- Foglio paga (modello)
Ordinance for Private Household Employees and appendices in Spanish
- Decreto sobre los empleados domésticos (Espagnol)
- Contrato de trabajo (modelo) (Espagnol)
- Declaración de garantía del empleado doméstico (Espagnol)
- Declaración de garantía del empleador (Espagnol)
- Hoja salarial (modelo) (Espagnol)
- Recuento semanal de las horas de trabajo (Espagnol)
Se puede pedir por correo electrónico el modelo de contrato de trabajo formato «Word» por E-Mail: fabien.titone@eda.admin.ch
Ordinance for Private Household Employees and appendices in Portuguese
- Contagem semanal das horas de trabalho (Portugais)
- Contrato de trabalho (modelo) (Portugais)
- Declaração de garantia do empregado doméstico privado (Portugais)
- Ficha de salário (modelo) (Portugais)
O modelo de contrato de trabalho está disponível em formato «Word» podem ser pedido por E-mail: fabien.titone@eda.admin.ch
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