Changsha Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau issued 13 policies to support enterprises and stabilize employment: exemptions, subsidies, recruitment, and stability!

On February 19, the Changsha Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau issued the "Thirteen Policy Measures to Effectively Respond to the Impact of the Epidemic and Assist Enterprises to Stabilize Employment", which included 13 practical policy measures in six aspects, including doing our utmost to assist enterprises in stabilizing employment, reducing the social security burden of enterprises, strengthening public employment services, strengthening support for entrepreneurship, promoting the improvement of professional skills, and maintaining harmonious and stable labor relations, to effectively reduce the burden on enterprises.

Keyword 1: Reduction and exemption, reducing the social security costs of enterprises

Phased reduction or exemption of corporate pension, unemployment, and work-related injury insurance contributions to alleviate the impact of the epidemic on enterprises, especially small and medium-sized enterprises. The above three fees will be exempted for small and medium-sized enterprises from February to June, and reduced by half for large enterprises from February to April. Various social security benefits such as employee pensions will be paid on time and in full. After July 1, 2020, enterprises that are facing temporary production and operation difficulties due to the epidemic and are still unable to pay social insurance premiums in full can apply for a deferred payment agreement in accordance with relevant regulations, and their employees' social security benefits will not be affected during this period.

Keyword 2: Subsidies, adding to the return of enterprises to stabilize employment

For insured enterprises that do not lay off employees or lay off fewer employees, 50% of the unemployment insurance premiums actually paid by the enterprise and its employees in the previous year can be refunded. Among them, the standard for job retention refunds for enterprises that are merging and reorganizing, resolving overcapacity, and eliminating backward production capacity will be increased to 70% of the unemployment insurance premiums actually paid by the enterprise and its employees in the previous year. The layoff rate standard for the unemployment insurance job retention refund policy will be relaxed from no higher than the registered urban unemployment rate in the coordinated area in the previous year to no higher than the national urban survey unemployment rate control target in the previous year. For enterprises with 30 or fewer insured employees, the layoff rate will be relaxed to no more than 20% of the total number of employees in the enterprise.

It is understood that the application for unemployment insurance job retention refunds has been launched on February 14. On February 18, 202 companies in Changsha received the first batch of 12.196 million yuan in job retention refund subsidy funds at the Changsha municipal level. As of now, a total of 1,051 enterprises in Changsha have applied for the second batch. The Changsha Human Resources and Social Security Bureau and the Finance Bureau are conducting intensive and orderly review. The corresponding funds will be disbursed as soon as possible. It is estimated that the annual unemployment insurance job retention refund will return 270 million yuan to the enterprises.

Keyword 3: Recruiting workers, multiplying the employment of enterprises

Make every effort to serve the employment needs of key enterprises. In order to ensure the prevention and control of the epidemic, the operation of public utilities, the daily necessities of the people, and other enterprises and major projects involving important national economy and people's livelihood, we will designate specific personnel, take the initiative to connect, and give priority to the release of employment information. We will do our best to meet the temporary employment needs of enterprises through local potential, surplus and shortage adjustments, organization of internships, and coordination of interns.

Strengthen labor cooperation in different places. We have selected capable personnel to form a recruitment team, which will go to Changsha's counterpart assistance areas and labor export areas within and outside the province to assist enterprises in targeted cross-regional recruitment. Organize the labor force to participate in online recruitment, assist enterprises to establish labor cooperation relations with local areas, and recruit key employees and skilled technical workers to work in Changsha. On February 18, the bureau held a mobilization meeting for the "Changsha 'Spring Breeze Action' enterprise recruitment team to stabilize employment and promote resumption of work". Nine recruitment teams assembled urgently and rushed to nine labor export sites in the province to start an 11-day labor matching activity, fully opening up a "second battlefield" for enterprise employment and providing employment services for the resumption of work and production in the city's parks and key enterprises.

Improve employment services for key groups. Strengthen the “311” employment assistance services for key groups such as unemployed college graduates, urban unemployed people and rural poor laborers, and ensure that the number of zero-employment families is dynamically cleared. For migrant workers who temporarily find it difficult to go out and are willing to work, a number of local jobs will be developed. Those who are really in difficulty can be placed in public welfare jobs in accordance with regulations. Encourage colleges and universities and employers to use the Internet to match supply and demand, implement online interviews, online signing, and online reporting, and guide employers to appropriately extend the recruitment time, postpone physical examination time, and postpone signing and admission.

Keyword 4: Stability, division of enterprise development risks

Enterprises that have difficulties in production and operation due to the impact of the epidemic are encouraged to carry out collective bargaining, and to reach a consensus with employees to adopt methods such as changing labor contracts, adjusting salaries, rotating shifts, shortening working hours, etc. to stabilize jobs and build harmonious labor relations. During the epidemic prevention and control period, enterprises that have resumed work and meet the requirements are encouraged to implement flexible employment measures and negotiate with employees to flexibly arrange working hours through staggered get off work hours, flexible get off work hours, etc. For enterprises that need to work overtime urgently to undertake government epidemic prevention and control tasks, on the premise of ensuring the physical health and labor safety of workers, they can appropriately extend working hours to cope with emergency production tasks after consultation between the enterprise, trade unions and employees, and are not subject to restrictions on extended working hours according to the law.

In addition, the document also increases support for entrepreneurship and corporate online vocational training. Entrepreneurship incubation bases at all levels are encouraged to support incubated and resident enterprises in coping with the impact of the epidemic by reducing or exempting venue rents and deferring payment of water and electricity bills. During the epidemic prevention and control period, municipal-level entrepreneurial incubation bases that have reduced or exempted the rent of sites for entrepreneurs and are in urgent need of support will be given a one-time reward subsidy of no more than 200,000 yuan each. The required funds will be drawn from the 2020 municipal-level entrepreneurial incubation base support funds. For personal entrepreneurship guaranteed loans that have been issued, if the borrower is infected with the new coronavirus pneumonia, he or she may apply to the lending bank for an extension of repayment. In principle, the extension period shall not exceed 1 year. The online learning participation of enterprise employees will be counted into the training time. If the training assessment is passed, a vocational training subsidy of 550 yuan to 6,000 yuan per person will be given.

Attachment: Notice of Changsha Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau on Issuing the "Thirteen Policy Measures to Effectively Respond to the Impact of the Epidemic and Support Enterprises to Stabilize Employment"

Notice on the issuance of the "Thirteen Policy Measures to Effectively Respond to the Impact of the Epidemic and Support Enterprises to Stabilize Employment"

All district, county (city) human resources and social security bureaus, and all relevant units:

In order to thoroughly implement the decisions and arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council to resolutely win the battle against the epidemic, on the basis of strictly doing a good job in epidemic prevention and control, we will orderly promote the resumption of work and production of enterprises in our city, organize and guide migrant workers to return to work, effectively reduce the burden on enterprises, and ensure the overall stability of the employment situation in our city. According to the spirit of the State Council Executive Meeting, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security's "Notice on Doing a Good Job in Employment During the Epidemic Prevention and Control Period" (Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security Notice [2020] No. 2), "Notice on Doing a Good Job in Social Insurance Management during the Epidemic Prevention and Control of New Coronavirus Pneumonia" (Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security Notice [2020] No. 7), "Notice on Properly Handling Labor Relations Issues during the Epidemic Prevention and Control of New Coronavirus Pneumonia" (Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security Invention Notice [2020] No. 5), and other documents, combined with the actual situation of our city, the following policy measures are proposed.

1. Make every effort to support enterprises and stabilize employment

(1) Strengthen the implementation of unemployment insurance refunds to stabilize employment .

Implement the unemployment insurance job retention refund policy. For insured enterprises that do not lay off employees or lay off fewer employees, 50% of the unemployment insurance premiums actually paid by the enterprise and its employees in the previous year can be refunded. Among them, the job retention refund standard for enterprises undergoing mergers and reorganizations, resolving overcapacity, and eliminating backward production capacity will be increased to 70% of the unemployment insurance premiums actually paid by the enterprise and its employees in the previous year. The layoff rate standard for the unemployment insurance job retention refund policy will be relaxed from no higher than the registered urban unemployment rate in the coordinated area in the previous year to no higher than the national urban survey unemployment rate control target in the previous year. For enterprises with 30 (inclusive) insured employees or less, the layoff rate will be relaxed to no more than 20% of the total number of employees in the enterprise. Guarantee the basic living of unemployed people and ensure that unemployment insurance benefits are paid on time and in full. The development of temporary public welfare jobs and unemployment benefits will be separately formulated and implemented in accordance with the relevant regulations of our province.

(2) Extend the application period for unemployment insurance benefits and skills improvement subsidies.

People who become unemployed during the epidemic can register for unemployment insurance benefits and have relevant benefits reissued within three months after the end of the epidemic. Unemployment insurance agencies may not refuse to accept claims on the grounds that the claim is not made within 60 days from the date of contract termination. Depending on the duration of the epidemic, the validity period of relevant certificates for skill improvement of employees of enterprises participating in unemployment insurance will be extended accordingly, and they can apply for skill improvement subsidies after the epidemic is over.

2. Reduce the social security burden on enterprises

(3) Reduce the payment burden on enterprises.

Phased reduction or exemption of corporate pension, unemployment, and work-related injury insurance contributions to alleviate the impact of the epidemic on enterprises, especially small and medium-sized enterprises. The above three fees will be exempted for small and medium-sized enterprises from February to June, and reduced by half for large enterprises from February to April. Various social security benefits such as employee pensions will be paid on time and in full.

(4) Signing a deferred payment agreement in accordance with the law.

After July 1, 2020, enterprises that are facing temporary production and operation difficulties due to the epidemic and are still unable to pay social insurance premiums in full can apply to sign a deferred payment agreement in accordance with relevant regulations, during which time the social security benefits of employees will not be affected; after the expiration of the agreement, if the enterprise pays the social insurance premiums in full, the personal rights and interests records will be supplemented. During the agreement period, if enterprise employees need to transfer social insurance, receive unemployment benefits, buy a house, or enroll their children in school, they can go through the supplementary payment procedures in accordance with the relevant "pay one and handle one" regulations.

III. Strengthening public employment services

(V) Make every effort to serve the employment needs of key enterprises.

In order to ensure the prevention and control of the epidemic, the operation of public utilities, the daily necessities of the people, and other enterprises and major projects involving important national economy and people's livelihood (the specific list of enterprises and projects will be determined according to the requirements of relevant provincial and municipal documents), we will designate specific personnel, take the initiative to connect, and give priority to the release of employment information. We will do our best to meet the temporary employment needs of enterprises through local potential, surplus and shortage adjustments, organization of internships, coordination of interns, etc. Enterprises that start production and distribute materials urgently needed for epidemic prevention and control during the Spring Festival and meet the requirements can be given a one-time employment subsidy.

(6) Strengthen labor cooperation in different places.

We have formulated the "Changsha City's 'Spring Breeze Action' Enterprise Recruitment Assistance Work Plan to Stabilize Employment and Promote Return to Work", and have selected capable personnel to form recruitment teams to go to Changsha's counterpart assistance areas and labor export areas within and outside the province to assist enterprises in targeted cross-regional recruitment. Based on the human resources situation in the labor export areas, we widely release recruitment information of key enterprises, organize the labor force to participate in online recruitment, assist enterprises in establishing labor cooperation relationships with local areas, and recruit key employees and skilled technical workers to work in Changsha on site.

(VII) Strengthen job organization and information disclosure.

Public employment service departments at all levels should keep abreast of the resumption of work of enterprises within their jurisdiction, establish a list of enterprises resuming work and publish it publicly. For enterprises that have resumed work, it is necessary to regularly understand the employment situation and recruitment plans of the enterprises, collect recruitment information in a timely manner, and fully carry out the online "Spring Breeze Action" to ensure that "employment services are not closed and online recruitment does not stop". Information can be released through multiple channels, multiple methods, in batches, by industry, and by priority to provide convenience for workers to obtain information.

(8) Improve employment services for key groups.

We will strengthen the "311" employment assistance services for key groups such as unemployed college graduates, urban unemployed people and rural poor laborers, and push job and recruitment information in a targeted manner to promote their employment and stable employment. Focus on the employment situation of zero-employment families, strengthen employment monitoring and employment services, and ensure that zero-employment families are dynamically cleared. Organize migrant workers to return to work in an orderly manner, and develop a number of local jobs for migrant workers who temporarily find it difficult to go out and are willing to work. Those who are willing to start their own businesses will enjoy the same local entrepreneurship support policies and be given a one-time entrepreneurship subsidy. Those who are really in difficulty can be placed in public welfare jobs in accordance with regulations. Suspend all types of on-site recruitment activities for college graduates, make full use of websites, WeChat, etc. to provide online employment services, and improve the mechanism for sharing and releasing employment information for college graduates. Encourage colleges and universities and employers to use the Internet to match supply and demand, implement online interviews, online signing, and online reporting, and guide employers to appropriately extend the recruitment time, postpone physical examination time, and postpone signing and admission.

(IX) Carry out analysis and assessment of the employment situation.

We will continue to monitor the employment and unemployment situation, keep track of key employment monitoring enterprises, monitor the transfer of rural labor and the return of migrant workers, and detect and deal with potential risks and tendencies as early as possible to prevent unemployment risks. Give full play to the role of the city-level employment situation consultation system, conduct consultations and analyses on a regular basis, pool wisdom and form synergy.

IV. Strengthening support for entrepreneurship

(10) Increase support for entrepreneurial platforms.

Entrepreneurship incubation bases at all levels are encouraged to support incubated and resident enterprises in coping with the impact of the epidemic by reducing or exempting venue rents and deferring payment of water and electricity bills, and the support situation will be used as an element indicator for the application and annual re-evaluation of municipal-level entrepreneurship incubation bases. During the epidemic prevention and control period, municipal-level entrepreneurial incubation bases that have reduced or exempted the rent of sites for entrepreneurs and are in urgent need of support will be given a one-time reward subsidy of no more than 200,000 yuan each. The required funds will be drawn from the 2020 municipal-level entrepreneurial incubation base support funds.

(11) Give full play to the role of entrepreneurial guarantee loans.

For personal entrepreneurship guaranteed loans that have been issued, if the borrower is infected with the new coronavirus pneumonia, he or she may apply to the lending bank for an extension of repayment. In principle, the extension period shall not exceed one year, and the financial department will continue to provide interest subsidy support. Individuals and small and micro enterprises that have temporarily lost their sources of income due to the epidemic will be given priority support when applying for loans.

V. Promoting vocational skills improvement

12. Promote online training models .

Enterprises are encouraged and supported to carry out online vocational skills training in light of their actual needs and make full use of the country's free and open online vocational skills training platforms and portals, mobile apps, WeChat mini-programs and other channels during the epidemic. Qualified vocational training institutions (including enterprise employee training centers) are encouraged to develop online training classrooms and courses based on the training standards and study hour requirements of occupations (jobs) through their own websites and third-party training platforms, and carry out online vocational skills training for enterprise employees. Skill training can include theoretical courses in online training, and employees' participation in online learning will be counted in the training time. If the training assessment is passed, vocational training subsidies will be given at the rate of 550 yuan to 6,000 yuan per person. During the epidemic, we will do a good job in connecting online vocational skills training with public employment service platforms, strengthen the connection with employment demand information in local human resources markets, encourage enterprises to conduct online recruitment based on online vocational skills training platforms, and improve the employment quality of workers after training. Establish an online vocational skills training record for workers and manage training points well. Strengthen the online and offline integration of vocational skills training. Within one year after the end of the epidemic, workers can give priority to participating in vocational skills training in offline training venues such as public training bases based on online training hours, credits and other training results. Strengthen policy publicity for online vocational skills training during the epidemic, push relevant links for online vocational skills training in prominent positions on online platforms such as the portals of the municipal government and municipal and county (district, city) human resources and social security departments, public employment service information platforms, and relevant official WeChat public accounts to enhance social influence and policy awareness.

VI. Maintaining harmonious and stable labor relations

(13) Maintain labor relations.

Enterprises that have difficulties in production and operation due to the impact of the epidemic are encouraged to carry out collective bargaining, and to reach a consensus with employees to adopt methods such as changing labor contracts, adjusting salaries, rotating shifts, shortening working hours, etc. to stabilize jobs and build harmonious labor relations. During the epidemic prevention and control period, enterprises that have resumed work and meet the requirements are encouraged to implement flexible employment measures and negotiate with employees to flexibly arrange working hours through staggered get off work hours, flexible get off work hours, etc. For enterprises that need to work overtime urgently to undertake government epidemic prevention and control tasks, on the premise of ensuring the physical health and labor safety of workers, they can appropriately extend working hours to cope with emergency production tasks after consultation between the enterprise, trade unions and employees, and are not subject to restrictions on extended working hours according to the law.