🔒 Your privacy on Claude
You can sign up for Claude with an invented or impersonal email address – this is perfectly fine. You don't need to enter or upload any personal information. Even without real data, you can use all the exercises and prompts in this course – simply replace the placeholders with fictional examples. Your privacy comes first.
Social insurance (Sozialversicherungen)
| Abbreviation | What does it mean? |
|---|---|
| AHV (AVS) | Old-age and survivors insurance – retirement pension |
| IV (AI) | Disability insurance – pension for inability to work |
| ALV (AC) | Unemployment insurance – unemployment benefit |
| EL (PC) | Supplementary benefits – top-up for insufficient AHV/IV pension |
| KV (LAMal) | Compulsory health insurance |
| UVG (LAA) | Accident insurance |
| BVG/PK (LPP) | Occupational pension – 2nd pillar |
Understand an official decision
[Please reply in English using simple, plain language. Avoid jargon – if you use technical terms, explain them immediately.] I received the following communication from [AHV / IV / ALV]: [Paste text here] What does this mean and do I need to do anything?
Employment law (Arbeitsrecht)
| Situation | Your right |
|---|---|
| You received a dismissal | Check the notice period, possible appeal for wrongful dismissal |
| Salary not paid | Send formal reminder, initiate enforcement, labour court |
| Illness / accident at work | Doctor's certificate, notify UVG, check continued salary payment |
Salary reminder letter
[Please reply in English using simple, plain language. Avoid jargon – if you use technical terms, explain them immediately.] My employer has not paid my salary for [month]. Employer: [Name, Address] Outstanding amount: [X] francs My name: [Name] Please write a formal salary reminder letter (Lohnmahnung) in German.
Tenancy law (Mietrecht)
| Situation | Your right |
|---|---|
| Rent increase | Contest within 30 days at the conciliation authority (Schlichtungsbehörde) |
| Defects in apartment | Report in writing, set a deadline |
| Landlord gives notice | Check if correct, tenancy extension possible |
| Deposit not returned | Request in writing, enforcement possible |
💡 Free advice
- Tenants' association (Mieterinnen- und Mieterverband): mieterverband.ch
- Conciliation authority (Schlichtungsbehörde): free in every canton
Foreign nationals law (Ausländerrecht)
| Permit | What does it mean? |
|---|---|
| Permit B (Aufenthaltsbewilligung) | Residence permit – limited, must be renewed |
| Permit C (Niederlassungsbewilligung) | Settlement permit – unlimited, strong protection |
| Permit F (Vorläufige Aufnahme) | Provisional admission – limited rights |
| Permit N | For asylum seekers during the process |
Understand a letter from the migration office
[Please reply in English using simple, plain language. Avoid jargon – if you use technical terms, explain them immediately.] I received a letter from the migration office (Migrationsamt): [Paste text here] What does this mean and what do I need to do? I have permit [B/C/F] and have lived in Switzerland for [X years].
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