Who will pay the social security and medical insurance during the employee's illness?

Legal analysis: if the labor contract is not terminated, it shall be borne by the employer.

Sick workers can enjoy medical insurance benefits, mainly including:

1, medical treatment. Workers enjoy medical insurance benefits, except for complete loss of working ability, only within the prescribed medical treatment period. The length of the medical treatment period is determined according to the continuous length of service of the employees and the length of service of the unit, and the shortest is not less than 3 months, and the longest is generally not more than 24 months; Diseases that are difficult to cure may be appropriately extended upon the application of a medical institution and the approval of the labor administrative department, but the longest period shall not exceed 6 months.

2. Sickness benefits. Also known as sick pay. If an employee suffers from illness or non-work-related injury and stops working for more than one month, his salary will be stopped, and the employer will pay a certain percentage of his salary on schedule according to the length of service.

3. medical care. Workers can generally choose to seek medical treatment in designated hospitals that have signed medical insurance contracts with social insurance agencies. Insurance benefits mainly include: drug expenses within the prescribed scope, prescribed examination expenses and treatment expenses, and prescribed standard hospitalization expenses. Among them, employees' personal accounts are used to pay small medical expenses, and social pooling funds are used to pay large medical expenses. In addition, when the relatives supported by employees are sick, they generally only give a certain proportion of medical expenses for certain projects.

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

Twenty-third employees should participate in the basic medical insurance for employees, and the employer and employees should jointly 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 24 The state establishes and improves the new rural cooperative medical system.

Measures for the administration of the new rural cooperative medical system shall be formulated by the State Council.