This year, our province expects to reduce the social security payment burden of enterprises by 17.1 billion yuan
Reducing social security rates is an important measure to reduce the burden on enterprises, optimize the business environment, and improve the social insurance system. It is related to the overall situation of reform, development and stability. Since May 1, the "Comprehensive implementation Plan for reducing Social Insurance rates in Shandong Province" has been formally implemented, and the actual burden of social security contributions of enterprises has dropped substantially. According to estimates, in 2019, our province will reduce the burden of social insurance contributions for enterprises by about 17.1 billion yuan.
The provincial party committee and the provincial government have always attached great importance to reducing social security rates and reducing the burden of corporate contributions. According to Fang Bo, deputy director of the Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security, since 2010, our province has reduced or phased reduced social security rates eight times, involving basic pension, unemployment, work-related injuries and other types of insurance for enterprise employees. Since last year, in the face of the new situation and new situation of downward pressure on the economy, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council have made important decisions and arrangements for reducing social insurance rates throughout the country from the perspective of the overall situation and strategy. To implement the requirements of the central government, our province acted quickly. On April 25 this year, the General Office of the Provincial Government issued the "Comprehensive Implementation Plan for Reducing Social Insurance Rates in Shandong Province" (hereinafter referred to as the "Implementation Plan").
In the "combination punch" of reducing the social security rate this time, what has attracted much attention is to reduce the proportion of pension insurance units. Our province has uniformly reduced the unit contribution ratio of basic old-age insurance for urban workers (including basic old-age insurance for enterprises and government organs and institutions) to 16%, and adopting this method of "one step in place" to the lower limit set by the state will more effectively reduce the payment burden of enterprises.
At the same time, we will continue to reduce unemployment insurance and work-related injury insurance rates in stages. In terms of unemployment insurance, in recent years, our province has repeatedly reduced the unemployment insurance rate, from 3% to 1.5 in 2012. In 2017, it was again phased down to 1 per cent (of which the unit rate was 0.7 per cent and the individual rate was 0.3 per cent), 2 percentage points lower than the rate stipulated in the Unemployment Insurance Regulations, a policy that expired on April 30 this year and was extended by one year in the Implementation Plan.
In terms of work-related injury insurance, starting from May 1, 2018, our province will reduce the work-related injury insurance rate in stages, stipulating that the accumulated balance of the work-related injury insurance fund can be paid for 18 (inclusive) to 23 months in the overall planning area, which can be reduced by 20% on the basis of the current rate; for the overall planning area where the accumulated balance can be paid for more than 24 months (inclusive), it can be reduced by 50% based on the current rate. This policy expired on April 30 this year, and the "Implementation Plan" also extended this policy for one year.
The payment of social security contributions by units or individuals is related to the two parameters of contribution rate and base. The "Implementation Plan" insists on grasping with both hands and making efforts at both ends. In addition to directly lowering the unit rate, it also adjusts the social security payment base policy. The change is reflected in expanding the calculation caliber of the average salary of employees. According to national regulations, the upper and lower limits of the approved social security individual payment base are based on the average salary of employees, with a minimum of not less than 60% and a maximum of not more than 300. In the past, the average wage of on-the-job workers in urban non-private units was taken as the average wage of employees, which is commonly known as "small-caliber average wage". According to the "Implementation Plan", our province uses the weighted calculation of the average salary of personnel in urban non-private units and private units as the "full-caliber average salary", and the upper and lower limits of the individual payment base are approved, so that enterprises and insured employees feel fairer and fairer. Direct and quench thirst.
According to reports, the reduction of social insurance rates this time has no conditions and no scope. All kinds of employers, especially private enterprises and small and micro enterprises, can benefit from the reduction. According to estimates, in 2019, our province will reduce the burden of social insurance contributions for enterprises by about 17.1 billion yuan.
In order to ensure that good things are done well and practical things are done, the Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security issued advance notices in advance, requiring all localities to prepare in accordance with the time nodes and requirements determined by the province in terms of handling business operations and information system updates to ensure that the policy is issued. Implement immediately after issuance. In terms of policy implementation, we will guide cities to formulate specific implementation plans and resolutely fulfill their commitments to enterprises, society, and the broad masses of the people. In addition, our province has also established a regular scheduling system to keep abreast of the progress of work in various regions, and strive to discover and correct problems such as non-implementation and inadequate policies.
After the implementation of the new regulations, enterprises have felt the real burden reduction effect, especially the labor-intensive enterprises and low-income groups. After a central enterprise stationed in Shandong implemented a new (phased) reduction in social security rates in May, the unit paid 18.06 million yuan, directly reducing the burden by 3.85 million yuan and greatly reducing the cost of enterprise payment. (Reporter Zhang Chunxiao)
Source: Popular Daily
