New social security policy in 2022

Social security preferential policies will be extended to 2022. In terms of reducing unemployment insurance and work-related injury insurance rates in stages, the relief and support policy was extended to April 30, 2022. The phased relief of three social security premiums, namely, pension, unemployment and work-related injury, is a temporary support policy issued by Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security in 2020 in conjunction with relevant departments to deal with the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic. However, considering that the epidemic risk still exists, some enterprises may be under greater pressure. After the policy of reducing unemployment insurance and industrial injury insurance rates by stages expires at the end of April this year, it will be extended from 1 year to April 30, 2022. Before the end of 20021,China will realize inter-provincial services such as social security card application, social security function activation, replacement and temporary loss reporting. According to the Regulations on Work-related Injury Insurance, if an employee dies at work, his close relatives shall receive funeral subsidies, pension for dependent relatives and one-time work-related death subsidies from the work-related injury insurance fund in accordance with regulations. Among them, the standard of one-time work death subsidy is 20 times of the per capita disposable income of urban residents in the previous year.

Legal basis:

People's Republic of China (PRC) social insurance law

Article 2 The state establishes social insurance systems such as basic old-age insurance, basic medical insurance, industrial injury insurance, unemployment insurance and maternity insurance, so as to guarantee citizens' right to receive material assistance from the state and society in accordance with the law in case of old age, illness, industrial injury, unemployment and maternity.

Article 3 The social insurance system adheres to the principles of wide coverage, basic protection, multi-level and sustainability, and the level of social insurance should be compatible with the level of economic and social development.

Article 63 If an employer fails to pay social insurance premiums in full and on time, the social insurance premium collection agency shall order it to pay or make up within a time limit.