
From this perspective, the rate can also be adjusted for the direct calculation of the employee's salary. The employer's maximum annual contribution is easy to calculate by simply doing 1.4x the portion of the employee. Here are the different EI premium tables for the last 3 years Calculation of Employment Insurance premiums For a salaried employee, self-employedĮmployee's EI premium = The smallest figure between: Gross annual income and: Maximum insurable earnings EI for 2022 - General exemption) x (Employee contribution rate / 100) For an employer Method #1Įmployer's EI premium = The smallest figure between: Employee's gross annual income and: Employee's maximum insurable earnings for 2022 - General exemption) x (Employer contribution rate / 100) Method #2Įmployer's EI premium = Employee EI premium x 1.4 Table of EI rates It was after Ottawa's 1935 march (On-to-Ottawa trek) against the lack of employment and poor working conditions that the government decided to create unemployment insurance. Originally called unemployment insurance, this insurance system was created during World War II in 1940. This insurance from Canada provides benefits to former unemployed workers to help them meet their needs in the event of job loss.

The BLS provides a database of labor related data.

Unemployed persons are those jobless persons who are aged 16 year or older, were available for job in last four weeks, and had made specific efforts to find a job at any time during that period. In US, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) defines labor force participation rate as “the labor force as a percent of the civilian noninstitutional population.” Labor force is defined as: “all persons classified as employed or unemployed.” Employed persons are persons aged 16 years or older, who work for an employer or are self-employed, and excludes people who work as volunteers and people engaged in self-service/homemaking.

Higher the labor force participation rate, more of the country's population is interested in working. It is a measure of what proportion of a country's population is employed or actively looking for employment. Labor force participation rate is the percentage of working age population that is part of the labor force.
