[quote=Leorocky]nobody “pays in” in CA. The premiums are 100% funded by your employer.[/quote]
Well, the employer makes money off of your labor, and if the employer did not have to pay the unemployment tax one’s pay would presumably be higher. So in many ways it’s the same as if you had to pay it…comes down to semantics.
Reminds me of the saying that buyers don’t pay commission for real estate agents, the seller does, so you might as well as one because they are free. Always seemed silly to me, since the buyer is the only one bringing money to the table, so in essence is the one that is actually paying the cost of the commissions.