Social Security
Social-security contributions, bases, and ceilings.
IMSS Contributions in Mexico: What the Worker Pays and What the Employer Pays
A Mexican payslip shows a single line for the worker's IMSS deduction, and that single line hides how the social-security bill is actually built. Every contribution to the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS, the…
Mehmood Deshmukh
CTO & Co-Founder
The Real Cost of a Portuguese Hire: Employer Contributions and the True Cost of Employment
The salary you agree with a worker in Portugal is not the full cost of employing them. On top of gross pay sit an employer social-security contribution, a mandatory work-accident insurance premium, and a payment…
Greg Miaskiewicz
CEO & Co-Founder
The Real Cost of a German Hire: Employer Contributions and the True Cost of Employment
Countries divide the cost of a worker between the employer and the employee in different ways, and Germany's rules split it more evenly than most. The gross salary you agree with a worker is not the full cost of…
Niko Nurmentaus
Product Lead
The Real Cost of a Mexican Hire: Employer Contributions, IMSS, and Payroll Taxes
The salary you agree with a worker in Mexico is not what that worker costs you. On top of gross wages sit several employer-only obligations: social-security contributions across several branches, a housing contribution,…
Greg Miaskiewicz
CEO & Co-Founder
The German Minijob: Why It Exists and How Payroll Handles It
The Minijob is one of the most distinctly German things in payroll. It is a job deliberately kept small enough that, for the worker, gross pay and take-home pay are almost the same number. No income tax, no social-security deductions from the employee’s side...
Niko Nurmentaus
Product Lead
