Can I not pay social security during my internship?

Legal analysis: No, according to the relevant laws and regulations of our country, labor relations are established from the date of employment, that is, as long as labor relations are established, social insurance premiums should be paid. The probation period is included in the term of the labor contract, so employees during the probation period also need to pay social security.

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

Eleventh basic old-age insurance to implement the combination of social pooling and individual accounts. The basic old-age insurance fund consists of employers, individual contributions and government subsidies.

Article 12 The employing unit shall pay the basic old-age insurance premium according to the proportion of the total wages of 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.