In Switzerland, an estimated 500’000 private households employ people for cleaning work, childcare or support for relatives in need of care. Many of these employment relationships are probably not declared correctly. For those concerned, this means a lack of social security coverage and less protection for their employment-law claims. The Tagesanzeiger has reported on this. Since 2008, a simplified procedure has existed that allows such employment relationships to be settled easily. However, use of this instrument is moving in the wrong direction: in 2025, around 66’000 employers were still using it. Four years earlier, the figure was about 100’000. This corresponds to a decline of around one third. Inspections have also decreased significantly. According to the SECO report on combating undeclared work, around 700 inspections were still carried out in private households in 2021. In 2025, there were only 239. Compared with the estimated 500’000 households concerned, only a vanishingly small proportion is therefore inspected. Nevertheless, the Federal Council’s draft revision of the Federal Act on Measures to Combat Undeclared Work contains no specific instruments for private households. Simple solutions are particularly needed for small-scale employment so that correct registration does not fail because of bureaucratic obstacles.