Who pays out the family allowances?

Salaried employees

As a general rule, your employer pays out the family allowances. If your employer fails to pay on a regular basis, you can ask your employer’s family allowance compensation fund to pay these benefits to you directly.

The self-employed

Family allowances are paid out by the claimant’s family allowance compensation fund.

Individuals who are not gainfully employment (but not unemployed):

The Cantonal Compensation Office in the canton of residence pays out the family allowances.

The unemployed

The competent unemployment insurance office pays out the supplementary benefit