China to Get Tough on Employers Shirking Social Insurance Payments

China Briefing says:

Nov. 16 – China is mulling stronger enforcement of its latest Social Insurance Law by specifying harsher penalties for enterprises that delay or do not fulfill their payment obligations towards all five of the required social insurance items.

A draft document of the “Regulations on Social Insurance Declaration and Payment” was unveiled yesterday by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS), clarifying that employers will be required to pay the whole social insurance package, which includes pension, medical insurance, unemployment insurance, work-related injury insurance and maternity insurance. In contrast to the newly proposed Regulations, the previous legal document that is to be replaced (MOHRSS Decree [1999] No.2) imposed most of its emphasis on mandatory employer contributions to only three items (pension, medical insurance and unemployment insurance) and payment on work-related injury insurance and maternity insurance was not strongly enforced.

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