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Tools for household employers and Helpers

Helpore's calculators, checks and studies, sorted by what you want to do. A figure on a card is an example from the tool, dated the day its source was checked.

Tools for Helpers

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What it costs, whether you must register and what you sign, in that order.

  • Wage calculator

    Your monthly cost for a Helper, with the gross wage, holiday pay, your contributions and insurance.

    A month for 8 hours a week at CHF 30.00 an hour in Zurich

    CHF 1’226.39

  • Employee or self employed check

    A few questions tell you whether your Helper is your employee and so whether your household registers as the employer.

    Criteria the check weighs, each with its source

    15

  • Employment contract

    A written contract for your Helper, drafted with the probation and notice rules of your canton.

    Probation in Zurich. Notice during probation: 3 days

    1 month

Where do I start with household help in Switzerland?

Start with one question: does someone already work for you? If not yet, Helpore Flex will soon let you try Helpers by the hour, with no subscription, and its waitlist is open now. If yes, Helpore Admin runs the payroll for you, or Helpore Admin Light prepares it while you register and pay. The three questions below name your guide.

Find your guide in three questions

Who is the help for?
How often?
Does someone already work for you?
All answers at a glance

The guide for each kind of help

The plan for each situation

  • Nobody yet, now and then: Helpore Flex. For help now and then, Helpore Flex fits once it opens: Helpers by the hour, with no subscription. Until then, you join the waitlist.
  • Nobody yet, regularly: Helpore Flex. While you look for one person, Helpore Flex fits once it opens: you try Helpers by the hour, then keep the one you trust with Helpore Admin Light or Helpore Admin. Until then, you join the waitlist.
  • Someone already, now and then: Helpore Admin. Your household is the employer, even for a few hours: Helpore Admin runs the payroll for you, Helpore Admin Light prepares it while you register and pay, and your guide shows every step if you do it all yourself.
  • Someone already, regularly: Helpore Admin. Your household is the employer of the person who works for you regularly: Helpore Admin runs the payroll for you, Helpore Admin Light prepares it while you register and pay, and your guide shows every step if you do it all yourself.

Costs and wages

  • Cost pages by canton

    Each canton has its own page with the full monthly cost of a Helper, the legal minimum wage and the steps to follow.

The cost page for each canton

Register and file

Contracts and notice

  • Employment contract

    A written contract for your Helper, drafted with the probation and notice rules of your canton.

    Probation in Zurich. Notice during probation: 3 days

    1 month

Holidays and absences

Childcare and senior care

Studies and data

AI assistants

  • Helpore in your AI assistant

    Connect your AI assistant to Helpore's cost and rules tools, then ask it what a Helper costs in your canton.

    Tools your assistant can call

    12

    Legal minimum hourly wage in Ticino todayCHF 20.35

For Helpers

For Helpers who work in Swiss households. You never pay Helpore a fee.