Costs

Parents contribute to the costs based on their financial ability, as long as they are members of the UZH and ETH Zurich (student, staff, professor, Lehrbeauftragte). In the case of several children in the same week, the parental contribution reduces too.

We have to charge the full costs to non-affiliates of UZH or ETH Zurich.
WSL, EMPA / EAWAG, PSI -employees and ETH Board members are not considered as members of UZH or ETH Zurich.

• Self-declaration: Parents themselves state their taxable joint income on the application. The kihz Foundation reserves the right to check your tax statement.
• Parents without a tax statement will submit a summary of their current income to the kihz Foundation. The kihz Foundation will work out the taxable income based on this. We guarantee the absolute confidentiality of this data and will return it to you.
• Pay the full amount if you do not want to make any statement regarding your income.
• Sibling discounts are awarded when the registration is made at the same time (on the same form) for the same week (the age groups may differ).
• Payment deadline: The parents’ fee must be paid by 1 month before the holiday week. If the invoice was sent later, it should be paid within 10 days, in any case before the holiday week.
• Financial difficulties: University-associated parents who are experiencing financial difficulties and are dependent on holiday childcare can submit a hardship application to kihz in which they set out their financial situation.  
• Reminder/enforcement: The 2nd reminder will be charged with a fee of CHF 20. In the case of a debt collection, you will incur additional expenses of at least CHF 100.
• Cancellation fees: see below

Your registration is binding. We do not accept reservations.

In this way, we have a stronger basis on which to make our plans, allowing us enough time to hire any additional carers required, find suitable rooms and give a fixed guarantee to parents that childcare is available for their child.

If we were to accept non-binding reservations, we would possibly have to disappoint parents two weeks before the start of the holiday, since we don’t know if enough places will be free, if enough carers are available or if the minimum number of applications will be reached.

Refund

If you cancel, the kihz foundation will charge an administration fee for each week and each child: up to 30 days before holiday childcare begins, this amounts to CHF 60, afterwards CHF 100. This fee is due regardless of any reasons.

Any payments already made by parents will be refunded after deduction of the administration fee. Along with your written cancellation, please enclose a bank payment slip (Einzahlungsschein) or provide us with your IBAN or Post account number.

In the event of a cancellation from Friday before the booked week of childcare, or a no-show, no refund will be awarded, i.e. the full fee will be charged. This also applies in the case of sickness.

Please ask for help if the above rules are not clear to you.