News from the Municipal Human Resources and Social Bureau on February 1, 2020: According to the unified deployment of the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, in order to effectively complete the epidemic prevention and control work, and strive to ensure the normal order of business operations and reduce the burden on enterprises, the Municipal Human Resources and Social Affairs Bureau will work with other relevant departments to conduct joint research, and will implement the following measures to reduce the burden on enterprises, including:

implementing the unemployment insurance return policy; from this year, the starting and ending dates of the employee’s social insurance payment year (including the employee’s medical insurance year) will be adjusted from July of the current year to June of the following year On the 30th, postponed for 3 months; extending the payment period of social insurance; implementing a subsidy policy for training fees, etc.

1. Implementation of Unemployment Insurance Stability Return Policy

In order to effectively reduce the impact of the epidemic on the production and operation of the enterprise, in 2020, Shanghai will continue to return to the unit and its employees 50% of the total unemployment insurance premiums actually paid in the previous year. After the implementation of this policy, it is expected that about 140,000 household units will benefit in 2020, reducing the burden by about 2.6 billion yuan.

2. Delaying adjustment of social security payment base

From this year, the starting and ending dates of the employee’s social insurance payment year (including the employee’s medical insurance year) will be adjusted to July 1 of the current year to June 30 of the following year, which will be postponed for 3 months (the employee social insurance payment year in 2019 will be postponed to 2020 July 1, 2014). According to estimates, it is expected that the current year will reduce the social security contribution burden for enterprises in this city by 10.1 billion yuan. Among them, the enterprise pension insurance fund is about 6.4 billion yuan, and the medical insurance includes a maternity insurance fund of about 3.34 billion yuan.

3. The social insurance payment period can be extended

Due to the impact of the epidemic, the city’s social insurance participating units, flexible employment personnel and urban and rural residents who fail to complete the registration and payment of social insurance premiums and other services on time are allowed to reapply after the epidemic. If the insured unit pays the social insurance premiums after the due date, it will not charge a late payment fee after filing with the social insurance agency in this city, which will not affect the personal rights and interests of the insured employees.

4. Implementation of training fee subsidy policy

For all kinds of enterprises in Shanghai affected by the epidemic, those who organize employees (including labor dispatchers working in the enterprise) to participate in various online vocational training during the suspension period shall be included in the special education subsidy subsidies provided by the local education in each district. 95% subsidy for actual training costs. Platform enterprises (e-commerce companies) and new-type enterprises can refer to the implementation.