Membership

Satisfied, loyal employees – we boost your company’s appeal

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Work-life balance as a key to success

We support companies in helping employees with caregiving responsibilities and in creating sustainable solutions for everyday working life.

Support for HR and managers

Through practical guidance and clear structures, we reduce coordination efforts and provide orientation in challenging family caregiving situations.

Clear and accessible support

Companies and employees benefit from easy access to suitable services, personal guidance and practical solutions.

Strengthening employer attractiveness

A strong culture of work life balance supports employee retention, motivation and employer attractiveness.

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Membership

Over 200 companies (based on the annual report from 31 December 2025) in Switzerland rely on our services. Through its own offerings and those of partner organisations, profawo provides services across the whole of Switzerland. This makes it easier for employees of profawo’s member companies to achieve a good work-life balance.

Benefits of becoming a member of profawo

  • Embedding work-life balance as part of the corporate culture

  • Aligning HR activities with a work-life balance that can be achieved in practice

  • Well-organised employees who can achieve a healthy work-life balance

  • An important retention tool that helps minimise recruitment costs

  • Key recruitment selling point, thereby increasing potential for attracting staff

  • Minimising absenteeism due to lack of childcare

  • Family-friendly image

  • Strengthening employer branding

  • New attractive fringe benefits, strengthening the Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

  • Supporting the HR department with expert input on work-life balance

  • Flat rate – regardless of how much your staff use our service – your budget is kept within limits

  • Consultations focusing on parenting

  • In-house events tailored to your needs

  • Onboarding (information sessions for employees)

  • Online sessions on work-life balance

  • Priority access to 23 kids & co daycare centres plus a discount of CHF 10 per day per child

  • Partner childcare centres, priority access

  • Placement and recruitment of nannies, free of charge

  • Placement and recruitment of emergency nannies if regular childcare is unavailable at short notice, free of charge

  • Holiday programme, priority access, discount of CHF 10 per day per child

  • Consultations for family carers, 2 hours free of charge, CHF 150 per hour from the 3rd hour onwards

  • Placement and recruitment of respite carers, free of charge

  • Placement and recruitment of emergency respite care services, free of charge

  • Care Management: for families in crisis situations, comprehensive package to help them through challenging times, tailored to individual needs, at a reduced rate

Ready to embed work-life balance as a strategic priority?

Frequently Asked Questions

These companies already rely on our services. Will you?

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Your contacts

profawo Sandra Gurtner Oesch

Sandra Gurtner-Oesch

Co-Managing Director

Profawo Cornelia Peltenburg

Cornelia Peltenburg

Co-Managing Director

profawo Monica Ottiker

Monica Ottiker

Regional Manager Basel

Documents

You can find all the key documents relating to profawo membership here:

Membership fees

profawo Terms and Conditions

profawo’s statutes

Annual Reports

Benefits of membership