The government compensated for the loss of parents' earnings caused by the closure of ECEC settings and schools
Country
SwitzerlandPolicy Area
Parental leaveMeasure
Paid parental leaveEligibility
Employees and the self-employed who had to take care for their children aged under 12 (or those aged under 20 attending a special school) due to the closure of ECEC setting or schools and who were insured by AVS/AHV (Swiss social security insurance)Type
Cash (social insurance)Start / Announced Date
20/03/2020End Date
N/AAmount
For employed parents: 80% of income up to CHF 196 per day until the end date of the special COVID-19 leave legislation
For self-employed parents: 80% of income up to CHF 196 per day for up to 30 daysTotal Cost
N/ARecipients
ParentsRoute to the child
IndirectSources
OECD (2020) Paid sick leave policy responses to the COVID-19 crisis - Version 30 June 2020. Available at: www.oecd.org/employment/COVID19-paid-sick-leave-policy-responses.xlsx
Bundesamt für Sozialversicherungen (2020) Coronavirus: Massnahmenpaket zur Abfederung der wirtschaftlichen Folgen. Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20221121205802/https://www.bsv.admin.ch/bsv/de/home/publikationen-und-service/medieninformationen/nsb-anzeigeseite.msg-id-78515.htmlAccess the full dataset here