Social Security
Social-security contributions, bases, and ceilings.
PPK in Poland: employer contributions, automatic enrolment, and the 2027 re-enrolment
Under PPK (Pracownicze Plany Kapitałowe, Poland's employee capital plans), an employer must enrol each eligible worker in a workplace savings plan and pay at least 1.5% of the worker's salary into it, while the worker…
Greg Miaskiewicz
CEO & Co-Founder
Colombia social security contributions and aportes parafiscales: what employers pay in addition to salary
Colombia social security contributions and aportes parafiscales cost an employer roughly 16% to 38% on top of each employee's salary, depending on the occupational-risk class and whether the employer qualifies for the…
Mehmood Deshmukh
CTO & Co-Founder
Midijob 2026: how Germany's Übergangsbereich reduces employee contributions
A German employee who earns between €603.01 and €2,000 a month in 2026 holds a Midijob, and that pay band is called the Übergangsbereich (transition zone). In the Übergangsbereich, the employee's social-security…
Mehmood Deshmukh
CTO & Co-Founder
Employer National Insurance in 2026/27: 15%, a £5,000 threshold, and a £10,500 Employment Allowance
Employer national insurance in 2026/27 is 15% of each employee's earnings above £5,000 a year, the rate and threshold in force since 6 April 2025, when they replaced 13.8% above £9,100. The Employment Allowance, which…
Greg Miaskiewicz
CEO & Co-Founder
ZUS in Poland: how social-security contributions split between employer and employee, and the annual cap on pension and disability
An employee's gross salary is not the full cost of employing them in Poland. Social-security contributions are split between employer and employee: the employer pays its share in addition to the gross salary, and the…
Greg Miaskiewicz
CEO & Co-Founder
