Can social security be paid intermittently?

Social security can be paid intermittently.

Social security refers to social insurance, including pension, medical care, unemployment, work injury and maternity. For individuals, participating in social security is an important way to protect their rights and interests. However, in real life, due to various reasons, personal social security payment may be intermittent.

First of all, it should be clear that social security can be paid intermittently. In other words, if an individual cannot continue to pay social security for some reason, he can pay it later to maintain the continuity of social security. However, this does not mean that individuals can interrupt social security payment at will. Because the payment of social security is closely related to personal rights and interests, frequent interruptions will have an adverse impact on personal social security rights and interests.

Secondly, the interruption of social security payment will affect the enjoyment of personal social security benefits. For example, the pension insurance benefits are linked to the individual payment period, and the interruption of payment will lead to the reduction of payment period, which will affect the final pension benefits. The same is true for medical insurance. Interrupting payment will affect the reimbursement of personal medical expenses. In addition, unemployment insurance, industrial injury insurance and maternity insurance are also closely related to individual social security payment.

Therefore, although social security can be paid intermittently, individuals should try to avoid frequent interruption of payment. In the face of the inability to continue to pay social security, individuals should actively seek solutions, such as negotiating with employers and applying for deferred payment, in order to safeguard their social security rights and interests.

To sum up:

Social security can be paid intermittently, but it is not recommended to interrupt frequently because it will affect the social security rights of individuals. Individuals should try to avoid interrupting payment and actively safeguard their social security rights and interests.

Legal basis:

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

Article 16 stipulates:

Individuals who participate in the basic old-age insurance will receive the basic old-age pension on a monthly basis if they have paid a total of fifteen years when they reach the statutory retirement age. Individuals who participate in the basic old-age insurance and pay less than fifteen years when they reach the statutory retirement age can pay for fifteen years and receive the basic pension on a monthly basis; Can also be transferred to the new rural social endowment insurance or urban residents' social endowment insurance, enjoy the corresponding pension insurance benefits in accordance with the provisions of the State Council.

Article 23 provides that:

Employees should participate in the basic medical insurance for employees, and employers and employees should pay the basic medical insurance premiums in accordance with state regulations. 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.