Can you receive maternity benefits if your social security is stopped in Shanghai

You can't receive maternity benefits if your social security is stopped.

According to the relevant laws, maternity insurance breaks, not continuously paid for more than one year can not enjoy maternity insurance. The conditions for enjoying maternity insurance are: participation in maternity insurance for a total of one year, in line with the national family planning policy, must be in the state of participation. If both husband and wife have participated in maternity insurance, the woman's unit will fill out the "Application for Maternity Allowance Personnel Information Registration Form"; if the woman has not participated in maternity insurance, and the man has participated in maternity insurance, and the man enjoys the late childbirth allowance.

Legal Objective:

Article 54 of the Full Text of the Social Insurance Law of the People's Republic of China (《中华人民****和國社會保险法全文》) If an employer has paid maternity insurance premiums, its employees shall enjoy maternity insurance benefits; the unemployed spouse of an employee shall enjoy maternity medical expenses in accordance with the provisions of the State. The necessary funds are paid from the maternity insurance fund. Maternity insurance benefits include maternity medical expenses and maternity allowances.