Since the beginning of this year, in order to stabilize the economy, market entities and employment, the Party Central Committee has deployed and implemented a package of social insurance policies to "reduce, slow down, and reimbursement" for social insurance. At present, due to the recurrence of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, some enterprises are still facing certain difficulties. Many places have stepped up their efforts to implement various social security policies to help enterprises alleviate difficulties and help enterprises overcome difficulties.
Social security "reduction, delay and reimbursement" reduces the burden on enterprises by more than 100 billion yuan
"After the national policy was introduced, we formulate implementation rules, and by establishing a linkage mechanism for human resources and social security and tax, we accurately identify enterprises that meet the conditions, relax the delay period to the greatest extent, and make it clear that they can make up for payment in batches to reduce the repayment burden of enterprises." A relevant person in charge of the Hunan Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security introduced.
Night is falling, and Xuji seafood dishes are fragrant and guests are full of guests on Yuehua Road, Yuelu District, Changsha City, Hunan Province. Previously, due to the impact of the epidemic, some stores of this large catering company suspended dine-in, resulting in a decline in operating income and increasing pressure on capital turnover.
Corporate Brand Marketing Department Manager Guo Yang told reporters that at the critical moment, the local human resources and social security department delayed the payment of nearly 2 million yuan of social security fees for enterprises, issued more than 650,000 yuan in training subsidies for retaining workers, more than 269,000 yuan in job stability refunds, and reduced work-related injuries and social security fees for nearly 70,000 yuan, helping enterprises solve short-term difficulties and stabilized the employment team of about 1,700 people. At present, operations have returned to stability.
1-August, Hunan Province implemented the reduction of unemployment and work-related injury insurance premiums to reduce the burden on enterprises by 2.872 billion yuan, delayed the payment of social security premiums by 1.28 billion yuan, distributed 1.178 billion yuan of job stabilization funds, benefiting 119,100 enterprises and 3.221 million stable jobs.
workers work in the production workshop of a rail transit supporting enterprise in Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province. Xinhua News Agency reporter Bai Tiantian photographed on July 19, 2022
"More than 160 million market entities are an important cornerstone of China's economy and the key to stabilizing the basic employment situation." Zhang Chenggang, director of the China New Employment Form Research Center of Capital University of Economics and Business, said.
continues to implement the policy of phased reduction of unemployment and work-related injury insurance premiums, delay payment of social insurance premiums, increase the implementation of unemployment insurance job stability refunds, issue one-time job retention training subsidies and one-time job expansion subsidies... Since the beginning of this year, my country has successively introduced a series of policy measures to alleviate market entities' difficulties and reduce pressure and help enterprises stabilize and expand jobs.
Data from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security shows that from January to July, various places implemented the reduction of unemployment and work-related injury insurance premiums to reduce the burden on enterprises by more than 100 billion yuan; the three social insurance premiums policies of phased deferred payment of pension, unemployment and work-related injury were introduced for four months, and more than 66 billion yuan had been delayed; from January to August, various places had distributed 64.63 billion yuan in job stabilization funds to 11.201 million enterprises.
Continuously expanding the scope of policy implementation and support
With the spread of the epidemic and the complex changes in the international situation, my country continues to increase its support for market entities by social security and continuously expanding the scope of policy implementation.
As a high-tech manufacturing enterprise with more than 1,800 employees and exported products to more than 20 countries and regions, Ningxia Niu Automation Equipment Co., Ltd. has also been impacted by the epidemic and the company's revenue has declined. Thanks to supporting policy expansion, in June, the company received a 245,000 yuan in job stabilization funds.
"This money is just used for the skills training of our new employees." Jin Ailing, director of the Human Resources Department of Ningxia Niu Automation Equipment Co., Ltd., said, "Although the difficulties cannot be completely solved, the government's active assistance has enhanced the confidence and determination to continue to develop."
Since this year, the social security policy to assist enterprises in alleviating difficulties has been put forward, and the breadth, intensity and accuracy of implementation has been adjusted in a timely manner.
- benefiting the number of entities
Phase-delayed pension, unemployment, and work-related injury insurance premiums policy implementation scope has been expanded from 5 special hardship industries, and has expanded to 22 difficult industries and difficult small and medium-sized enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households in areas with severe epidemics, and has been further expanded to difficult small and medium-sized enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households in all regions from September. Starting from July, medical insurance premiums for small and medium-sized enterprises have also been allowed to be deferred for three months, with a scale of about 150 billion yuan.
—Support strength continues to increase
The proportion of unemployment insurance job stability refund for small and medium-sized enterprises has increased from 60% to 90%, and large enterprises have increased from 30% to 50%.From January to August, local governments distributed 44.84 billion yuan in job stabilization refunds to 7.211 million enterprises, with the number of beneficiary enterprises and the amount of return being 1.8 times and 1.9 times that of the whole year last year, respectively. More than half of the insured enterprises in the country benefited.
- Support measures upgrade and increase investment
innovatively launched a one-time job retention training subsidy policy. In the past four months of implementation, 19.68 billion yuan of subsidies were issued, benefiting 3.957 million enterprises; a one-time job expansion subsidy was added, and local governments have distributed 370 million yuan to 82,000 enterprises, and enterprises are encouraged to recruit 250,000 college graduates in the year of graduation.
It is worth noting that although the "reduction and delay of compensation" reduces the current income of social insurance premiums, the relevant departments have made it clear that the policy implementation period will not affect the social insurance benefits such as medical reimbursement of insured employees in the enterprise.
Optimizing service processes allows enterprises to benefit early
In order to accelerate the release of the dividends of social security policy to help enterprises alleviate difficulties, many places optimize service processes, streamline proof materials, and shorten processing time limits, so that funds can be in place early and enterprises can benefit early.
"I used to worry about the incomplete materials and complicated processes, but I didn't expect that it was completed in the morning through the online application, and the efficiency was particularly high." Bai Youwen, head of Yinchuan Jinyi Film City Co., Ltd., said.
In May this year, the Department of Human Resources and Social Security, Taxation Bureau, and Social Security Bureau of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region developed and opened an online application system for delaying payment of social security fees, which is exempt from on-site applications, paper materials, and manual approval, greatly improving handling efficiency.
Unemployment insurance job stability refund, one-time job retention training subsidy and one-time job expansion subsidy, the human resources and social security department has fully implemented the "free application and enjoyment", changing "enterprise policy" to "policy, funds, and services to find enterprises", using big data to lock in qualified enterprises, and directly distribute funds to the enterprise account.
"We did not apply, and the government issued more than 60,000 yuan in job stability refund funds and more than 190,000 yuan in one-time job retention training subsidy, which is both unexpected and heartwarming." Shan Min, director of the Human Resources Department of Yanji Yanji Department Store Co., Ltd. in Jilin, said that the epidemic has caused the decrease in shopping mall passenger flow and the decline in turnover. The funds received will be used to stabilize the employment team of nearly 400 people.
At present, with the help of the province's integrated information system, Jilin Province has implemented "free payment and enjoyment" and "one-click distribution".
Shandong Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security implements a notification and commitment system. When enterprises are temporarily unable to provide corresponding materials, they replace "a stack of materials" with "one promise" to allow enterprises to enjoy the policies first and ensure that the list of policies to help enterprises alleviate difficulties is fulfilled as soon as possible.
Anhui Province has established a "white list" of nearly 200,000 enterprises with deferred payment policies, put them in the provincial social security information system, and the handling personnel will push text messages to the mobile phone of the company's head to ensure that you know what you should know and enjoy what you should enjoy.
In order to track the implementation of policies, government departments in many places have also carried out visits and research activities to actively connect with enterprises to understand needs, and promptly solve new situations and new problems encountered in the implementation of policies, so that the policies can be implemented and effective. (Reporters Jiang Lin, Xie Jianwen, Xie Ying)
Source: Xinhua News Agency