What is social security and what does it include?

Legal analysis: Social insurance refers to a social and economic system that provides income or compensation for people who have lost their ability to work, are temporarily unemployed or suffer losses due to health reasons. Main contents of social security: 1. Old-age insurance: Old-age insurance is a social insurance system that workers get certain economic compensation from the government and society after reaching the legal retirement age, such as material help and services; 2. Medical insurance: The basic medical insurance system for urban employees is a social insurance system established to ensure the basic medical needs of employees according to the affordability of finance, enterprises and individuals; 3. Work-related injury insurance: Work-related injury insurance is also called occupational injury insurance. After a worker suffers from accidental injuries due to work or occupational diseases due to exposure to occupational hazards such as dust, radiation and toxic substances, the state and society shall provide necessary material assistance to the disabled and relatives of the deceased; 4. Unemployment insurance: unemployment insurance is a system enforced by the state through legislation and established by the society to provide material assistance to workers who have temporarily suspended their livelihood due to unemployment; 5. Maternity insurance: Maternity insurance is aimed at the physiological characteristics of reproductive behavior. According to the law, when working women temporarily stop working and lose their normal income due to childbirth, maternity insurance is provided by the state or society. Maternity insurance benefits include maternity allowance and maternity medical services.

Legal basis: Article 2 of the Social Insurance Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) The state establishes social insurance systems such as basic old-age insurance, basic medical insurance, industrial injury insurance, unemployment insurance, maternity insurance, etc., to protect citizens' right to get material help from the state and society according to law in case of old age, illness, industrial injury, unemployment and maternity.

Article 10 of the Social Insurance Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * Employees shall participate in the basic old-age insurance, and both employers and employees shall pay the basic old-age insurance premium.

Individual industrial and commercial households without employees, part-time employees who have not participated in the basic old-age insurance in the employer and other flexible employees can participate in the basic old-age insurance, and individuals pay the basic old-age insurance premium.

The measures for the endowment insurance of civil servants and staff managed by reference to the Civil Service Law shall be formulated by the State Council.

Article 23 of the Social Insurance Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * Employees shall participate in the basic medical insurance for employees, and employers and employees shall pay the basic medical insurance premium in accordance with the provisions of the state.

Individual industrial and commercial households without employees, part-time employees who have not participated in the basic medical insurance for employees and other flexible employees can participate in the basic medical insurance for employees, and individuals pay the basic medical insurance premium in accordance with state regulations.

Article 33 of the Social Insurance Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), employees shall participate in work-related injury insurance, and the employer shall pay the work-related injury insurance premium, while employees shall not pay the work-related injury insurance premium.

Article 44 of the Social Insurance Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), employees shall participate in unemployment insurance, and employers and employees shall pay unemployment insurance premiums in accordance with state regulations.

Article 53 of the Social Insurance Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * Employees shall participate in maternity insurance, and the employer shall pay maternity insurance premiums in accordance with state regulations, but employees shall not pay maternity insurance premiums.