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Private Household Employees online platform
Members of the staff of diplomatic missions, permanent missions, consular posts and international organizations have the possibility, depending on their status and if they wish, to employ a private servant within the meaning of the Ordinance on servants (ODPr) and under the conditions of the latter.
A cet effet, le CAGI a mis en place une plateforme en ligne des domestiques privés afin de mettre en contact les domestiques privés recherchant un employeur et les employeurs recherchant un·e domestique privé·e.
Informations relatives aux conditions d’entrée en Suisse, de séjour et de travail des domestiques privés disponibles, en plusieurs langues, sur le site Internet de la Mission suisse.
Bénéficiaires de la Bourse d’Emploi
- tous les employeurs répondant aux conditions de l’ODPr et titulaires d’une carte de légitimation du DFAE de type B, C, D, KB ou KC rose ou KD bleue,
- all private domestic workers who hold a Type F FDFA identification card and are looking for a new employer,
- employés recrutés localement par les missions diplomatiques, les missions/délégations permanentes et les postes consulaires, titulaires d’une carte de légitimation du DFAE de type E ou KE violette, à la recherche d’un emploi comme domestique privé au sens de l’ODPr.
Looking to hire a private household employee or find a job in a private household in Geneva?
CAGI provides a free online platform connecting eligible employers from diplomatic missions, consular posts and international organisations with private household employees seeking employment.
The employment of private household employees is subject to specific conditions under the Swiss Private Household Employees Ordinance (PHEO), depending on the employer’s status.
1. Registration to the online platform for private households
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2. Consulting
Once the online registration request has been finalized, it is then to the FDFA (Protocol in Bern or Permanent Mission of Switzerland in Geneva) so that the validity of the applicant’s (person seeking employment or employer) legitimation card can be verified. Once the registration is approved by the FDFA, it is published for a duration of maximum 3 months (renewable upon the express request of the application) in the online “employer” or “private household employees” registers.
The CAGI’s aim is not to inform the parties regarding the progress of their request. Its role is only to make the information available. It is up to the persons seeking employment to directly contact the employers who have advertised an offer of employment in the Employment Registration Desk and up to the employers to directly contact the persons seeking employment who have offered their services.
3. Withdrawal of the request
The applicant must immediately inform the CAGI, by email ([email protected]) or through the online platform if he/she has found an employment or a private household employee so that the employment application or the offer of employment can be withdrawn from the relevant online register.
4. Dispute
CAGI does not monitor any relationships that may develop between the parties. If a dispute arises, we recommend contacting the Bureau de l’Amiable Compositeur (BAC).
The office is a free, confidential and independent mediation structure to seek amicable solutions to disputes involving institutions or individuals with diplomatic status and their employees.
Employ domestic staff a few hours a week
The following service providers offer assistance with hiring domestic staff and/or handling certain administrative procedures :
- • Ménage emploi : an alternative to private household employee to find help for different services in various domestic tasks (cleaning, childcare, cooking and gardening).
- Clino : is an online tool for families who employ a cleaner, nanny or carer directly, even for a few hours a week. It guides you through the administrative procedures. Clino does not place staff.
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