Do labor dispatch workers have to pay social security?

Labor dispatch workers must pay social security. The social security of labor dispatch workers should be paid by the dispatching unit, but it is generally withheld and remitted by the dispatching unit in the salary. However, if the sending company fails to handle social security properly, it can be handled by the employer according to law.

Legal objectivity:

Interim provisions on labor dispatch

Article 18

Where a labor dispatch unit dispatches workers across regions, it shall participate in social insurance for the dispatched workers in the place where the employing unit is located, pay social insurance premiums in accordance with the regulations of the place where the employing unit is located, and the dispatched workers shall enjoy social insurance benefits in accordance with state regulations.

Interim provisions on labor dispatch

Article 19

Where a labor dispatch unit sets up a branch in the place where the employer is located, the branch shall go through the insurance formalities for the dispatched workers and pay social insurance premiums.

If the labor dispatch unit fails to set up a branch in the place where the employer is located, the employer shall handle the insurance formalities for the dispatched workers on behalf of the labor dispatch unit and pay social insurance premiums.