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Hi there,
We are a US based technology company that is interested in possibly hiring an employee in the Calgary area in Canada and I was wondering if anyone could gudie me in the right direction as
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Hiring Canadian Nationals...... Help?
posted at 7/6/2011 10:35 AM EDT
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OK then the US company has to abide by all Canadian employment and tax laws, including paying the employee in Canadian dollars. To do all this, the US company will have to incorporate itself in Canada and then employ the Canadian through it's Canadian entity.
On a side note, I don't understand why you're doing this investigative work on behalf of the US company. Why are they making you (their customer!!!) do work for them...and why are you agreeing to do it? I don't do free work for my vendors... |
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Hiring Canadian Nationals...... Help?
posted at 7/6/2011 10:50 AM EDT
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you nailed it. the reason is because they would rather get this hire in india(across the globe) than in Canada. We want to make the case that hiring a Canadian working on-site is more cost effective and efficient than going to india.
Thanks for the info. Really appreciated. I guess by going the employee route, it is much more trouble for them to do than going with IC. I guess IC is an option as well. In terms of health insurance, US vs Canada. I found on http://healthinsurance.about.com/od/healthinsurancebasics/a/cost_of_health_insurance.htm. US's health insurance is 1-5 times more than Canada's, is it roughly accurate? Thanks. |
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Hiring Canadian Nationals...... Help?
posted at 7/6/2011 11:03 AM EDT
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Going the IC route is only an option if the job can be legally classified (by CRA and the appropriate Ministry of Labour) as IC work.
American health insurance applies only to Americans working in the US. Canadian health insurance applies only to Canadians working in Canada. Neither American or Canadian health insurance applies to Indians working in India. |
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Hiring Canadian Nationals...... Help?
posted at 7/29/2011 8:24 AM EDT
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@ hrbth, you seem to have all the answers - can I please ask you about a related but different situation - a canadian citizen employee working for a canadian company while living in (and completing work remotely from) the United States. Is the employee subject to amercian employment law requirements/stat holidays, or canadian? |
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