Employment Insurance - Insurable Earnings and Collection of Premiums Regulations - Part III - Deemed Employers
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Current EI (Insurable Earnings & Collection of Premiums) Regulations
OF PREMIUMS REGULATIONS DEEMED EMPLOYERS
Employment of Stevedores
5. Where, in a pay period, a person is employed as a stevedore by one or more persons whose payroll records are prepared and maintained by another person (in this section referred to as the "agent employer") who pays the earnings of the person from that employment, the agent employer shall be deemed, for the purposes of Part IV of the Act and for the purposes of these Regulations, to be the employer of the stevedore for the purpose of calculating the stevedore's insurable earnings during the pay period in respect of that employment and paying, deducting and remitting the premiums payable on those insurable earnings.
Employment in Lumbering or Logging
6. (1) Where a person is employed in insurable employment by an employer for services in or in connection with lumbering or logging, in any logging limit or in any timber or lumber driveway, mill or yard, the owner of that limit, driveway, mill or yard who authorizes the employer to undertake the work shall, in the event of the default of the employer in calculating the insurable earnings of the person and in paying, deducting and remitting the premiums payable on those insurable earnings under the Act and these Regulations, be deemed to be the employer of the person for the purposes of maintaining records, calculating the person's insurable earnings and paying, deducting and remitting those premiums.
(2) For the purpose of this section, "owner" includes any owner other than the Crown, lessee, licensee and permittee but does not include a person who only sells or rents stumpage or cutting rights.
Placement or Employment Agencies
7. Where a person is placed in insurable employment by a placement or employment agency under an arrangement whereby the earnings of the person are paid by the agency, the agency shall, for the purposes of maintaining records, calculating the person's insurable earnings and paying, deducting and remitting the premiums payable on those insurable earnings under the Act and these Regulations, be deemed to be the employer of the person.
Barbering or Hairdressing Establishments
8. (1) Every owner or operator of a barbering or hairdressing establishment shall, for the purpose of maintaining records, calculating insurable earnings and paying the premiums payable on those insurable earnings under the Act and these Regulations, be deemed to be the employer of every person whose employment in connection with the establishment is included in insurable employment under paragraph 6(d) of the Employment Insurance Regulations.
(2) Every owner or operator of a barbering or hairdressing establishment who is deemed by subsection (1) to be an employer of a person shall, for each week in which the person is engaged in insurable employment in the establishment, pay and remit to the Receiver General the employee's premiums and the employer's premiums in accordance with the Act and these Regulations.
(3) Where the owner or operator of a barbering or hairdressing establishment is unable to determine the insurable earnings of a person whose employment in connection with the establishment is included in insurable employment under paragraph 6(d) of the Employment Insurance Regulations, the amount of insurable earnings of the person for each week during that employment shall be deemed, for the purposes of the Act and for the purposes of these Regulations, to be an amount (rounded to the nearest dollar) equal to 1/78 of the maximum yearly insurable earnings, unless the owner or operator of the establishment maintains records that show the number of days on which the person worked in each week, in which case the amount of the person's insurable earnings for that week shall be deemed to be an amount (rounded to the nearest dollar) equal to the lesser of
(a) the number of days the person worked in that week multiplied by 1/390 of the maximum yearly insurable earnings, and
(b) 1/78 of the maximum yearly insurable earnings.
Passenger Vehicle Operators
9. (1) Every owner or operator of a business or public authority that employs a person or persons in employment described in paragraph 6(e) of the Employment Insurance Regulations shall, for the purposes of maintaining records, calculating insurable earnings and paying the premiums payable on those insurable earnings under the Act and these Regulations, be deemed to be the employer of every such person whose employment is included in insurable employment under that paragraph.
(2) Every owner or operator of a business or public authority who is deemed by subsection (1) to be an employer of a person shall, for each week during which the person is employed by the employer in insurable employment, pay and remit to the Receiver General the employee's premiums and the employer's premiums in accordance with the Act and these Regulations.
(3) Where the owner or operator of a business or public authority described in subsection (1) is unable to determine the insurable earnings of a person whose employment in connection with the business or authority is included in insurable employment under paragraph 6(e) of the Employment Insurance Regulations, the insurable earnings of the person for each week during that employment shall be deemed, for the purposes of the Act and for the purposes of these Regulations, to be an amount (rounded to the nearest dollar) equal to 1/78 of the maximum yearly insurable earnings, unless the owner or operator of the business or public authority maintains records that show the number of days on which the person worked in each week, in which case the amount of the person's insurable earnings for that week shall be deemed to be an amount (rounded to the nearest dollar) equal to the lesser of
(a) the number of days the person worked in that week multiplied by 1/390 of the maximum yearly insurable earnings, and
(b) 1/78 of the maximum yearly insurable earnings.
Other Deemed Employers
10. (1) Where, in any case not coming within any other provision of these Regulations, an insured person works
(a) under the general control or direct supervision of, or is paid by, a person other than the insured person's actual employer, or
(b) with the concurrence of a person other than the insured person's actual employer, on premises or property with respect to which that other person has any rights or privileges under a licence, permit or agreement,
that other person shall, for the purposes of maintaining records, calculating the insurable earnings of the insured person and paying, deducting and remitting the premiums payable on those insurable earnings under the Act and these Regulations, be deemed to be the employer of the insured person in addition to the actual employer.
(2) The amount of any employer's premium paid by the person who is deemed to be the employer under subsection (1) is recoverable by that person from the actual employer.
(3) Where a person who is deemed under these Regulations to be an employer of an insured person fails to pay, deduct or remit the premiums that an employer is required to pay, deduct or remit under the Act or these Regulations, the provisions of Parts IV and VI of the Act shall apply to the person as if the person were the actual employer.