Chèque service, Chèques-emploi or Clino? How to hire a cleaner or nanny legally in Geneva and Vaud

: Published: 22 October 2026

By Salvador Jovells, clino.ch

The day your cleaner, nanny or babysitter starts, you become an employer, from the very first franc, even for two hours a week. That means social contributions (AVS), accident insurance and a payslip. In Geneva and Vaud there are three ways to handle it.

1. Geneva: Chèque service
Geneva is the only canton with its own scheme, run since 2008 by the non-profit foundation PRO. You report the hours; they calculate the contributions, collect them from you and pay them to the right funds. The fee is 5.98% of the gross wage below 8 hours a week and 5.48% from 8 hours, capped at CHF 2,200 per year and contract. Everything happens in French.

2. Vaud: Chèques-emploi
In Vaud, the association EPER runs Chèques-emploi. It works the same way, for a fee of 5% of the gross wage, capped at CHF 70 a month (CHF 98 above the pension-fund threshold). It covers Vaud only and does not find staff for you.

3. Clino: your own contract, in English clino.ch
You can also employ directly: register with the cantonal compensation fund, take out accident insurance and do the monthly payslips. That is where most families get lost, and it is why we built Clino. It prepares the employment contract, the registration, the accident insurance and every payslip, in English, for a flat CHF 19.90 a month in all 26 cantons. You stay in control: you sign, and you pay the contributions straight to the fund.