This is a very good explanation of a major source of confusion. Indeed "employer's taxes" really does NOT belong to the employer, it is very much a part of the

This is a very good explanation of a major source of confusion. Indeed "employer's taxes" really does NOT belong to the employer, it is very much a part of the employee's salary. Some left-wing parties in France are starting to call this out and call it "the socialized portion of the employee's salary", which is a good way to put it. A major issue is that this often does not even appear on pay slip, it is an invisible tax that employees do not see (the best kind of tax is you are the one levying it...). This robs people blind, they don't even realize what the things those taxes finance (social security, healthcare, retirement) really cost... if they knew, they would overthrow the government over this..