What items does social security include?

Social security includes the following items:

1, old-age insurance: that is, when workers lose their ability to work due to old age, they will pay their living expenses and take care of themselves during their old-age care;

2. Unemployment insurance: that is, the payment of living expenses and medical expenses during unemployment, as well as job-changing training, self-help in production, job introduction and other safeguard measures;

3. Work-related injury insurance: that is, it compensates the wages of workers who are injured at work and temporarily or permanently lose their ability to work, and it is also a medical care and life care measure for workers who are injured at work;

4. Medical insurance: that is, income subsidies and medical security measures during the illness of employees;

5. Maternity insurance: that is, income subsidies and safeguard measures for female employees during childbirth.

Among them, endowment insurance includes basic endowment insurance for urban workers and new rural social endowment insurance; Medical insurance includes basic medical insurance for urban workers, basic medical insurance for urban residents and new rural cooperative medical insurance.

legal ground

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. Tenth employees should participate in the basic old-age insurance, and employers and employees should 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. Twenty-third 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. Article 33 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. Forty-fourth employees should participate in unemployment insurance, and employers and employees should pay unemployment insurance premiums in accordance with state regulations. Fifty-third employees should participate in maternity insurance, the employer should pay maternity insurance premiums in accordance with state regulations, and employees do not pay maternity insurance premiums.