Does the company become the employer?

No. The household is the employer, exactly as Swiss law provides for domestic work. Helpore administers the employment. The company only sponsors or recommends the service.

Can we subsidise it for our employees?

Yes. The usual arrangement is that the company covers the Helpore subscription for a defined period while the employee pays the wage. We can invoice the company directly.

What about employees who already pay someone in cash?

They can bring that person to Helpore. The Helper is invited, the contract is generated and the employment becomes declared from the agreed date, without changing who works in the home.

Which cantons do you cover?

All of them. The contract, the minimum wage check, the family allowance rate and the source tax handling follow the canton the household lives in.

For companies and relocation partners

Your arriving employees will hire household help. Make sure it is legal.

An executive who moves to Zurich or Geneva hires a cleaner or a nanny within weeks, usually in cash, usually without knowing they have just become an employer under Swiss law. That is your employee's exposure, and it lands on your relocation programme. Helpore turns it into a contract, a registration and a payslip.

Talk to us See the plans

What actually happens after the move

They become an employer without knowing it

Anyone paid to work in a private home in Switzerland is an employee from the first franc. The household owes AHV, IV, EO and ALV contributions, accident insurance and a written contract.

Cash arrangements are the default

New arrivals find help through classifieds and word of mouth and pay in cash, because nobody explained the alternative in their first weeks.

The bill arrives later

Compensation offices audit households. Back contributions, late interest and an uninsured accident in the home all land on the employee, and the questions land on you.

What Helpore gives your programme

Legal from the first hour

Every hour worked through Helpore comes with an employment contract with the household, social contributions and accident insurance. No cash, no grey zone.

Nothing for HR to administer

The household holds the employment, Helpore runs the paperwork. Your team does not become a payroll department for private staff.

A benefit that costs little

A subsidised Helpore Admin subscription per relocating employee is a small line next to the rest of a relocation package, and it removes a real legal risk.

Six languages, every canton

Arrivals read the contract and the payslip in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish or Portuguese, with the rules of their canton applied.

How a partnership works

1
Tell us the volume
How many people you move into Switzerland in a year and into which cantons.
2
We set up the access
A partner link for your relocation pack, and a named contact for your team and your agency.
3
Arrivals onboard themselves
Your employee finds a Helper or brings the one they already found, and signs the contract in their own language.
4
You see it is handled
Registrations, payroll and documents run monthly without your team touching them.

Who this is for

HR and mobility teams moving staff into Switzerland
Relocation agencies building the settling in package
Family offices and employers of household staff in their own right

Let us look at your programme

Tell us how many arrivals you handle and where. We will come back with what a partnership looks like and what it costs.

Contact the team

We answer within two working days.

Questions companies ask

Does the company become the employer?: No. The household is the employer, exactly as Swiss law provides for domestic work. Helpore administers the employment. The company only sponsors or recommends the service.
Can we subsidise it for our employees?: Yes. The usual arrangement is that the company covers the Helpore subscription for a defined period while the employee pays the wage. We can invoice the company directly.
What about employees who already pay someone in cash?: They can bring that person to Helpore. The Helper is invited, the contract is generated and the employment becomes declared from the agreed date, without changing who works in the home.
Which cantons do you cover?: All of them. The contract, the minimum wage check, the family allowance rate and the source tax handling follow the canton the household lives in.

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For companies and relocation partners

Your arriving employees will hire household help. Make sure it is legal.

Talk to us See the plans

What actually happens after the move

They become an employer without knowing it

Anyone paid to work in a private home in Switzerland is an employee from the first franc. The household owes AHV, IV, EO and ALV contributions, accident insurance and a written contract.

Cash arrangements are the default

New arrivals find help through classifieds and word of mouth and pay in cash, because nobody explained the alternative in their first weeks.

The bill arrives later

Compensation offices audit households. Back contributions, late interest and an uninsured accident in the home all land on the employee, and the questions land on you.

What Helpore gives your programme

Legal from the first hour

Every hour worked through Helpore comes with an employment contract with the household, social contributions and accident insurance. No cash, no grey zone.

Nothing for HR to administer

The household holds the employment, Helpore runs the paperwork. Your team does not become a payroll department for private staff.

A benefit that costs little

A subsidised Helpore Admin subscription per relocating employee is a small line next to the rest of a relocation package, and it removes a real legal risk.

Six languages, every canton

Arrivals read the contract and the payslip in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish or Portuguese, with the rules of their canton applied.

How a partnership works

1
Tell us the volume
How many people you move into Switzerland in a year and into which cantons.
2
We set up the access
A partner link for your relocation pack, and a named contact for your team and your agency.
3
Arrivals onboard themselves
Your employee finds a Helper or brings the one they already found, and signs the contract in their own language.
4
You see it is handled
Registrations, payroll and documents run monthly without your team touching them.

Who this is for

HR and mobility teams moving staff into Switzerland
Relocation agencies building the settling in package
Family offices and employers of household staff in their own right

Let us look at your programme

Tell us how many arrivals you handle and where. We will come back with what a partnership looks like and what it costs.

Contact the team

We answer within two working days.

Questions companies ask

Does the company become the employer?: No. The household is the employer, exactly as Swiss law provides for domestic work. Helpore administers the employment. The company only sponsors or recommends the service.
Can we subsidise it for our employees?: Yes. The usual arrangement is that the company covers the Helpore subscription for a defined period while the employee pays the wage. We can invoice the company directly.
What about employees who already pay someone in cash?: They can bring that person to Helpore. The Helper is invited, the contract is generated and the employment becomes declared from the agreed date, without changing who works in the home.
Which cantons do you cover?: All of them. The contract, the minimum wage check, the family allowance rate and the source tax handling follow the canton the household lives in.

Your arriving employees will hire household help. Make sure it is legal.

What actually happens after the move

They become an employer without knowing it

Cash arrangements are the default

The bill arrives later

What Helpore gives your programme

Legal from the first hour

Nothing for HR to administer

A benefit that costs little

Six languages, every canton

How a partnership works

Tell us the volume

We set up the access

Arrivals onboard themselves

You see it is handled

Who this is for

Let us look at your programme

Questions companies ask

Your arriving employees will hire household help. Make sure it is legal.

What actually happens after the move

They become an employer without knowing it

Cash arrangements are the default

The bill arrives later

What Helpore gives your programme

Legal from the first hour

Nothing for HR to administer

A benefit that costs little

Six languages, every canton

How a partnership works

Tell us the volume

We set up the access

Arrivals onboard themselves

You see it is handled

Who this is for

Let us look at your programme

Questions companies ask