SwitzerlandÉtat social, travail et vie quotidienne 2 · Welfare, work and everyday life
For an employee, who pays the contributions to the AVS, AI and APG (old-age and survivors' insurance, invalidity insurance and income compensation)?
In the exam (French)
Pour une personne salariée, qui paie les cotisations AVS, AI et APG ?
- aOnly the employer, on top of the salary.Seulement l'employeur, en plus du salaire.
- bOnly the employee, through a deduction from their salary.Seulement la personne salariée, par une retenue sur son salaire.
- cThe employer and the employee, half each.L'employeur et la personne salariée, chacun pour moitié.Correct answer
- dThe Confederation, with tax money.La Confédération, avec l'argent des impôts.
Why?
The contributions are calculated as a percentage of the salary. One half is deducted from the salary, the other half is paid by the employer.
Translated with AI. In the exam the question is in French, as shown above.
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Our own practice questions, written in French on the facts of the Federal Constitution and official information from the Confederation and the cantons of Vaud and Geneva. They are not the questions of the cantonal tests, and no text from the official cantonal or communal lists is reused. Each question was written, answered blind and fact-checked in separate rounds. The English translation and the explanations are ours, made with AI help; in the test the questions are asked in French. We are not affiliated with the Confederation, the cantons or the communes.
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