China Central Broadcasting Network, Beijing, June 17 (Reporter Wang Jing) Recently, the State Council executive meeting discussed and arranged to further increase the efforts to provide assistance to people in need and ensure the bottom line of basic people's livelihood. So, how to protect the lives of people in need? On June 17, the State Council Information Office held a regular briefing on State Council policies related to helping people in need, and the three departments of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, and the Medical Insurance Bureau issued "reassurance."
On June 17, 2022, at a regular policy briefing held by the State Council Information Office, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs Tang Chengpei, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security Li Zhong, and Deputy Director of the National Medical Security Administration Chen Jinfu introduced relevant policies to assist people in need. work and answered questions from reporters. (Image source: CFP)
What kind of relief funds can be received if you are unable to return to work due to the epidemic?
Since the beginning of this year, the COVID-19 epidemic has spread frequently in multiple places, and large-scale epidemics have occurred in some places, which has objectively had a certain impact on the lives of people in need. Recently, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Finance issued the "Notice on Effectively Guaranteeing the Basic Livelihoods of People in Need". Tang Chengpei, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, said that subsistence allowance recipients and extremely poor people will be issued a one-time living subsidy on the basis of the original living subsidy to ensure that they living standards will not be reduced. Taking into account that the specific conditions vary from place to place, the standard of subsidies is determined by the local area.
For example, Ningxia has identified the minimum living allowance recipients and extremely poor people in the region as a one-time living subsidy at a standard of 600 yuan per person. “Other provinces are also starting to carry out this work,” he said.
For those who have not participated in unemployment insurance, such as migrant workers who are unable to return to work due to the epidemic, have no source of income for three consecutive months, have difficulty in living, and cannot be covered by the unemployment insurance policy , the reporter learned that they can work at the work site or regularly Apply for a one-time temporary assistance grant where you live. According to reports, in the first quarter of this year, a total of 1.379 million people across the country were assisted in temporary difficulties due to the epidemic, with a total expenditure of 390 million yuan.
At the same time, price changes are tracked. When the price increase reaches the starting conditions, Tang Chengpei introduced that the linkage mechanism between social assistance and security standards and price increases will be started in a timely manner, and temporary price subsidies will be paid out in full and on time. For example, Shanghai has issued a temporary price subsidy of 118 yuan per person to urban and rural subsistence allowance recipients, extremely poor people, orphans, and families with financial difficulties due to illness.
In the next step, the Ministry of Civil Affairs should strengthen fund supervision and strictly prohibit the expropriation, misappropriation, withholding or retention of relief funds in any form.
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How to apply for unemployment insurance benefits quickly and easily after losing your job?
Unemployment insurance is an important social security system designed to protect life, prevent unemployment, and promote employment. Among them, protecting life is the most important basic function of unemployment insurance. What protection can workers get from unemployment insurance after losing their jobs? Li Zhong, deputy minister of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, responded to a reporter’s question and said that this year, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security will continue to implement the expansion policy of unemployment insurance on the basis of comprehensively implementing the regular policy of ensuring living standards, which can be summarized as “three regular policies to ensure living standards.” Life, two phased policies expand the scope.”
What are the "Three Conventional Policies to Protect Life"? Li Zhong said that first, unemployment insurance benefits will be provided to unemployed people who have been insured for one year and whose employment was interrupted not due to their own will; second, to older unemployed people who have expired and are less than one year away from the legal retirement age, Continue to pay unemployment insurance benefits until the legal retirement age; third, provide one-time living subsidies to unemployed migrant workers who have been insured for one year.
The "phased policy expansion" includes two items: one is to provide unemployment benefits to unemployed people who have not yet been employed after receiving unemployment insurance benefits and insured unemployed people who do not meet the conditions for receiving unemployment insurance benefits. The other is to provide temporary living subsidies to unemployed migrant workers who have been insured for less than one year.
How to apply for unemployment insurance benefits conveniently and quickly? Li Zhong introduced that eligible unemployed people can log in to the national social insurance public service platform website, or the websites of local human resources and social security departments to apply. You can also apply on your mobile phone through electronic social security card , handheld 12333 and other channels.
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Which areas are eligible for delayed payment of medical insurance for small, medium and micro enterprises?
html On June 15, the State Council executive meeting decided to allow qualified regions to implement a policy of deferring employee medical insurance unit payments for small, medium and micro enterprises for three months. This move is expected to deferred funds of approximately 150 billion yuan. html On June 17, Chen Jinfu, deputy director of the National Medical Insurance Administration, further explained at the State Council's regular policy briefing that "conditional areas" consider the fund's affordability, which means that the cumulative balance of the fund in each coordinating area is paid for more than 6 months. area. At present, the number of months that can be paid in most co-ordination areas across the country is more than 6 months, which means that small, medium and micro enterprises in most areas can enjoy relief measures to stabilize employment.He said that the Party Central Committee and the State Council have deployed a series of measures in the early stage, and have implemented a phased postponement of pension insurance premiums, work-related injury insurance premiums, and unemployment insurance premiums. This time, a phased postponement of employee medical insurance premiums will be implemented for small, medium and micro enterprises. Unit payment is a synchronized supporting measure.
It is worth mentioning that this policy accurately targets small, medium and micro enterprises. In the process of implementing this measure, enterprise application and department review are avoided, and simplified processing is adopted. No application is required and no need to go through data application or department review. As long as You can enjoy it if you meet the conditions. Specifically,
relies on big data means and through background employer payment identification to include the vast majority of eligible small, medium and micro enterprises within the scope of the policy. "If there are some missed payments, you can apply to be dealt with according to the policy." Chen Jinfu said that this work has been reviewed and approved by the State Council executive meeting, and specific payment deferral measures are now being studied intensively.
