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Swiss household employment
Also written: FAK · CAF · CAF
The FAK (CAF in French and Italian) is the family allowance fund. It pays the child and education allowances a family receives, and it is financed by a contribution employers pay on wages. The rate is set per canton, not federally.
Your household pays the family allowance contribution as part of the compensation office bill. The person you employ may then claim the allowance for their own children.
You are the employer. Helpore prepares the contract, files the declarations and produces the payslip in your name.
The contribution on the wage you pay, which varies by canton:
Yes. The contribution funds the scheme as a whole, so it is owed on the wage regardless of the individual's family situation.