Is it legal not to pay social security at work?

It is illegal to go to work without paying social security, as follows: employers and workers must participate in social insurance and pay social insurance premiums. Participating in social insurance and paying social insurance premiums are the obligations of employers and the rights and obligations of workers. Part of the social insurance premiums paid by employers and workers will be stored as social pooling funds. Failure to pay social insurance will harm the public interest. Personal social security payment process is as follows:

1, you can apply for social security by freelancers;

2. Urban hukou or rural hukou;

3. Social security service points of local community streets or district and county social security bureaus.

Legal basis: Article 10 of the Social Insurance Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).

Employees shall participate in the basic old-age insurance, and the employer and employees shall jointly pay the basic old-age insurance premium.

Individual industrial and commercial households without employees, part-time employees who have not participated in the basic old-age insurance in the employer and other flexible employees can participate in the basic old-age insurance, and individuals pay the basic old-age insurance premium.

The measures for the endowment insurance of civil servants and staff managed by reference to the Civil Service Law shall be formulated by the State Council.

Article 12

The employing unit shall pay the basic old-age insurance premium according to the proportion of the total wages of its employees stipulated by the state, and record it in the basic old-age insurance pooling fund.

Employees shall pay the basic old-age insurance premium in accordance with the proportion of wages stipulated by the state and record it in their personal accounts.

Individual industrial and commercial households without employees, part-time employees who have not participated in the basic old-age insurance in the employing unit and other flexible employees who have participated in the basic old-age insurance shall pay the basic old-age insurance premiums in accordance with state regulations and record them in the basic old-age insurance pooling fund and individual accounts respectively.