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Do I Need COIDA for One Employee?
Quick Answer Do I Need COIDA for One Employee? Yes. COIDA has no minimum headcount: one employee – even a part-time domestic worker or gardener – makes you an employer who must register with the Compensation Fund, file the annual Return of Earnings and pay the assessment. What this means in plain language The law protects the employee, not the employer’s size. A helper injured on your property is exactly who COIDA exists for – and without registration, you personally carry costs the Fund would have paid. For a single low-income employee the assessment is small. The real cost of skipping it shows up only when something goes wrong –…
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Do I Have to Register My Employee for UIF?
Quick Answer Do I Have to Register My Employee for UIF? Yes. Every employee who works 24 hours or more per month must be registered for UIF – full-time, part-time and domestic workers included. Registration is free on uFiling, and contributions are 2% of remuneration (1% from the employee, 1% from you), declared monthly. What this means in plain language UIF is not optional and not size-based: the one-person household with a weekly gardener and the 200-staff factory carry the same obligation. The only common exemption is under 24 hours a month. Registration happens on uFiling (the Department of Employment and Labour’s online system), and contributions are usually paid to…
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