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I currently do remote work in Toronto for an SF company, but as a full time employee, with benefits etc. How does your healthcare situation work?
by abrichr 8y ago
I currently do remote work in Toronto for an SF company, but as a full time employee, with benefits etc. How does your healthcare situation work?
- travbrack 8y agoAre you a Canadian citizen? How to taxes work in this situation?
- noelwelsh 8y agoHe's in France. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_in_France https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_in_France
- abrichr 8y agoThanks for the link! That's a pretty long article, however. Can you point me to the relevant section? Some Googling led me to https://www.contractorcalculator.co.uk/contractor_guide_contracting_overseas_france.aspx https://www.contractorcalculator.co.uk/contractor_guide_cont...: >“Although sole traders in France receive no paid time off, extra pay or unemployment benefit, they do have access to the French healthcare system and accrue pension benefits, albeit at a lower rate than an employee. jasonkester, is this your setup?
- jasonkester 8y ago... at the moment. Try not to read that in as a factor, especially if you're looking for reasons why this might not work for you. I've done the same in England, Spain, Thailand, Colombia, Nicaragua and Puerto Rico. And shorter stints in a dozen other countries while traveling. It doesn't really matter where you set up shop, provided it's cheap to live there and you like it.
- jasonkester 8y agoI've always arranged my employment as a contract, so benefits were never a consideration. Health insurance turns out to be quite affordable when you're billing out at effectively double the hourly rate of the full time guys, as is pretty common when contracting.