Employer Health Tax

New employer health tax in British Columbia

June 26, 2018 Employer Advisor, McCarthy Tétrault LLP Payroll, Source Deductions and Reporting

BC’s government has announced that the revenues from Medical Services Plan (MSP) premiums, which are to be eliminated effective January 1, 2020, will largely be replaced with an “employer health tax.” The employer health tax will be effective January 1, 2019.

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Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk

June 21, 2018 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Human Resources, Notice, Damages and Settlements, Payroll, Recruiting and Hiring, Source Deductions and Reporting, Wages and Compensation

The three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk deal with terminating independent contractors, offering a promotion without a pay increase and BC’s new employer health tax.

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Most-viewed articles this week on HRinfodesk

October 3, 2013 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor Health and Safety, Human Resources, Human Rights, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits, Source Deductions and Reporting, Wages and Compensation

The three most viewed articles on HRinfodesk this week deal with Ontario’s increase to the employer health tax exemption and how the province is interpreting employment relationships in relation to the tax and the how a discriminatory dismissal decision was overturned by the Divisional Court.

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