Can I pay social security at the age of 50?

Legal analysis: If you start paying flexible employment social security at the age of 50, the biggest problem you will encounter is that you have reached the legal retirement age and the payment period of old-age insurance is less than 15 years. According to China's current employee pension insurance retirement regulations, the retirement age of male flexible employees is 60 and that of female flexible employees is 55. Pension insurance has been paid for 15 years before retirement. It is appropriate to pay social security at the age of 50. Social security is a social and economic system that provides income or compensation for people who have lost their ability to work, are temporarily unemployed or suffer losses due to health reasons. Any time is suitable. Those who have not paid for fifteen years before retirement can pay up to fifteen years.

Legal basis: Article 16 of the Social Insurance Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). 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.