Does the company have to pay social security as a legal person?

Enterprise as a legal person must apply for social security.

The legal representative of the company is also a member of the company's employees and has to pay social security. For company employees, social security payment business is usually handled in the name of the company. The relevant insured personnel of this unit will follow the established social security handling process. Individuals need to fill in the social security application form, my ID card and two recent bareheaded one-inch photos. The unit will pay you the premium according to a certain proportion of your personal salary.

What is the function of social security?

1, which can stabilize social life;

2, redistribution can be realized;

3. It can promote economic development;

In most areas, buying a car and buying a house is linked to social security, and it is required to pay social security for a certain number of years before buying a car and buying a house locally.

I hope the above content can help you. Please consult a professional lawyer if you have any other questions.

Legal basis: Article 57 of the Social Insurance Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).

The employing unit shall, within 30 days from the date of its establishment, apply to the local social insurance agency for social insurance registration with its business license, registration certificate or unit seal. The social insurance agency shall, within fifteen days from the date of receiving the application, examine and issue the social insurance registration certificate.

Where the social insurance registration items of the employing unit are changed or the employing unit is terminated according to law, it shall, within 30 days from the date of change or termination, go to the social insurance agency to handle the change or cancellation of social insurance registration.

The market supervision and management department, the civil affairs department and the organization management organ shall promptly inform the social insurance agency of the establishment and termination of the employing unit, and the public security organ shall promptly inform the social insurance agency of the birth, death, household registration, migration and cancellation of the individual.