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Guangdong lowers social insurance premiums to save jobs
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-02-06 13:31 The government of Guangdong province on Thursday vowed to lower company-contributed social insurance premiums by 15 billion yuan ($2.2 billion) this year to save jobs amid the global financial crisis.
He said that Guangdong boasted 240 billion yuan of surplus in social insurance fund last year, which is sufficient to offset the account shortage this year. The export-oriented manufacturing center has been hard hit by the financial pinch, with 600,000 migrant workers laid off before China's Lunar New Year holiday in late January. The labor bureau said the government policy will help ease employers' burden of paying premiums for medical care, unemployment and work injuries. Zhang explained the policy by citing a company with 500 staff as an example. The company's total expenditure on social insurance will be slashed by around 20 percent, or 344,000 yuan this year. (For more biz stories, please visit Industries)
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