Can a company claim compensation if it doesn't buy social security?

You can claim compensation, because the employer fails to pay social security, the employee can terminate the labor contract according to law, and the employer should pay economic compensation.

Legal analysis

The employer's handling of social insurance registration for employees mainly means that the employer should handle social insurance registration for its employees while applying to the social insurance agency. The time requirement is to apply within 30 days from the date of employment of the employer. The employer has existed for a certain period of time and has registered social insurance for its original employees. After recruiting new employees, they should go to the local social insurance agency for social insurance registration for the newly recruited employees within 30 days from the date of recruitment. According to the previous "Social Insurance Law", the employer should register for social insurance. In practice, due to various reasons, employers do not apply for social insurance registration from time to time. For example, some employers don't understand and are not familiar with social insurance laws and regulations, and they don't know how to register social insurance with social insurance agencies. Some employers do not apply for social insurance registration in order to avoid paying social insurance premiums. Units that have not registered for social insurance generally do not declare and pay social insurance premiums themselves. According to this law, if the employer fails to register for social insurance according to law, the amount of social insurance premium that the employer should pay shall be directly approved by the social insurance agency.

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People's Republic of China (PRC) social insurance law

Article 58 An employing unit shall, within 30 days from the date of employment, apply to the social insurance agency for social insurance registration for its employees. If the social insurance has not been registered, the social insurance agency shall verify the social insurance premium it should pay. Employees-free individual industrial and commercial households who voluntarily participate in social insurance, part-time employees who do not participate in social insurance in the employing unit and other flexible employees shall apply to the social insurance agency for social insurance registration. The state establishes a national unified personal social security number. Personal social security number is a citizen's identity number.