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Issues considered to determine if a worker is covered under either Social Security and Medicare in the United States, or the social security system in a foreign country include where the worker resides and whether the employment in a foreign country is short-term or long-term. As of August 2017, the U.S. has 26 active totalization agreements.
Some form of union has been discussed or proposed in academic, business, and political circles for decades. [1] [2] [3] However, government officials from all three nations say there are no plans to create a North American Union and that no agreement to do so has been proposed, much less signed.
A union security agreement is a contractual agreement, usually part of a union collective bargaining agreement, in which an employer and a trade or labor union agree on the extent to which the union may compel employees to join the union, and/or whether the employer will collect dues, fees, and assessments on behalf of the union. [1]
"In essence, this money has been stolen from all of us for all these years," said an 84-year-old woman whose late husband's Social Security benefits were slashed. "It's not fair."
The employer is also liable for 6.2% Social Security and 1.45% Medicare taxes, [10] making the total Social Security tax 12.4% of wages and the total Medicare tax 2.9%. (Self-employed people are responsible for the entire FICA percentage of 15.3% (= 12.4% + 2.9%), since they are in a sense both the employer and the employed; see the section on ...
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Image source: Getty Images. 1. A new COLA will (slightly) increase your checks. The COLA for 2025 will be 2.5%, which is the lowest adjustment since 2021.
In 2012, Canadian exports to the Philippines were (CAD) $527.9 million, while exports to Canada from the Philippines were valued at $991.2 million. [2] From 2013–19, the Canada–Philippines waste dispute was a point of trade contention between the two nations.