How do Shanghai freelancers pay social security?

Freelancers pay social security in the following ways:

1. Foreigners can join local companies and pay social security in the name of the company;

2. If you are a freelancer and don't work, you can find a social security payment company to pay social security.

What materials are needed to pay social security?

1. If an individual pays social security, he/she shall bring a copy of his/her ID card and household registration book to the social security agency for social security;

2. If the unit pays social security for employees, the unit shall apply to the social security department with the business license of the enterprise or other approved certificates of practice or establishment, organization code certificate and local tax registration certificate.

Legal basis: Article 61 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law.

Social insurance premium collection agencies shall collect social insurance premiums in full and on time according to law, and regularly inform employers and individuals of the payment.

Article 63

If the 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.

If the employer fails to pay or repay the social insurance premium within the time limit, the social insurance premium collection agency may inquire about its deposit account in banks and other financial institutions; And can apply to the relevant administrative departments at or above the county level to make a decision on the allocation of social insurance premiums, and notify their bank or other financial institutions in writing to allocate social insurance premiums. If the balance of the employer's account is less than the social insurance premium that should be paid, the social insurance premium collection agency may require the employer to provide guarantee and sign a deferred payment agreement.

If the employer fails to pay the social insurance premium in full and fails to provide guarantee, the social insurance premium collection agency may apply to the people's court for sealing up, distraining and auctioning the property whose value is equivalent to the social insurance premium that should be paid, so as to offset the social insurance premium with the proceeds from the auction.