03 Sep 2025

Provinces delay social insurance base adjustment to ease pressure on businesses

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Provinces are trying to limit social insurance contributions to help small businesses.
Some context: Employers and their staff contribute a proportion of staff salaries to social security funds.

Provinces set a contribution ceiling – capping social security contributions for high-income earners at ...