How long do you have to pay social security when you work for a company?

When you go to work, you should pay for social security within 30 days. Under normal circumstances, the employer should register the employee for social security, and the premiums for medical insurance, pension insurance and unemployment insurance are paid by the employer and the worker***, while the premiums for maternity insurance and industrial injury insurance are all borne by the company, and the standard of social security premiums should be based on the regulations of the local social security organization. The company should pay the social insurance premiums within 30 days after joining the company. If the employer fails to pay the social insurance premiums on time, the employee can lodge a complaint with the local social insurance agency.

However, the employee is responsible for part of the premiums for health insurance, pension insurance and unemployment insurance, and the company pays the premiums for maternity insurance and work-related injury insurance;

Legal basis:

The Social Insurance Law of the People's Republic of China

Article 58 The employer shall, within thirty days from the date of the employment, provide for the social insurance of its employees, and shall pay for the social insurance of its employees to the social security authorities. An employer shall, within thirty days from the date of employment, apply to a social insurance agency for social insurance registration for its employees. If an employer fails to register for social insurance, the social insurance administration organization shall approve the social insurance premiums to be paid by the employer.

Individual industrial and commercial households without employees who voluntarily participate in social insurance, part-time employees who do not participate in social insurance with their employers, and other flexibly employed persons shall apply to the social insurance administrative organization for social insurance registration. The State establishes a nationally unified individual social security number. Individual social security numbers are citizens' identity numbers.

Article 59: The people's governments at or above the county level shall strengthen the collection of social insurance premiums. Social insurance premiums shall be collected in a uniform manner, and the steps and specific measures for their implementation shall be prescribed by the State Council.

Article 60 Employers shall declare themselves and pay social insurance premiums in full and on time, and shall not defer or reduce payment except for force majeure and other legal reasons. Employees shall pay the social insurance premiums by the employer on behalf of the withholding, the employer shall inform the person of the details of the payment of social insurance premiums on a monthly basis. Individual industrial and commercial households without employees, part-time workers who do not participate in social insurance with their employers, and other flexibly employed persons may pay social insurance premiums directly to the social insurance premium collection organization.

Article 86 If an employer fails to pay the social insurance premiums in full and on time, the social insurance premium collection agency shall order the employer to pay the premiums within a certain period of time or to make up the full amount of social insurance premiums, and shall impose a late fee of five ten thousandths of a cent per day from the date of non-payment; and if the employer fails to pay the premiums after the expiration of the period of time, the administrative department shall impose a fine of not less than double and not more than triple of the amount of the unpaid social insurance premiums.