What if the company can't buy social security?

If the unit fails to purchase social insurance, the laborer may complain to the local social insurance administrative department and ask the employer to pay back the social insurance. The administrative department of social insurance shall order the employer to make corrections within a time limit, and if it fails to make corrections within the time limit, it shall impose a fine on the employer, the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel.

legal ground

Article 84 of the Social Insurance Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)

If the employer fails to apply for social insurance registration, the social insurance administrative department shall order it to make corrections within a time limit; If no correction is made within the time limit, the employer shall be fined between one and three times the amount of social insurance premiums payable, and the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be fined between 500 yuan and 3,000 yuan.