The full name of endowment insurance is social basic endowment insurance, which is a social insurance system established by the state and society according to certain laws and regulations to solve the basic life of workers who reach the working age limit stipulated by the state and terminate their labor obligations or quit their jobs because of old age.
Endowment insurance is an important part of social security system and one of the five most important social insurances. The purpose of endowment insurance is to protect the basic needs of the elderly and provide them with a stable and reliable source of life.
Old-age insurance will take effect automatically after the elderly within the legal scope "completely" or "basically" withdraw from social labor life. The so-called "complete" is characterized by the separation of workers from the means of production; The so-called "basic" means that participation in production activities has not become the main content of social life. The legal age limit is a practical measure.
Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law.
Eleventh basic old-age insurance to implement the combination of social pooling and individual accounts. The basic old-age insurance fund consists of employers, individual contributions and government subsidies.
Article 12 The employing unit shall pay the basic old-age insurance premium according to the proportion of the total wages of employees stipulated by the state and record it in the basic old-age insurance pooling fund. Employees shall pay the basic old-age insurance premium in accordance with the proportion of wages stipulated by the state and record it in their personal accounts. Individual industrial and commercial households without employees, part-time employees who have not participated in the basic old-age insurance in the employing unit and other flexible employees who have participated in the basic old-age insurance shall pay the basic old-age insurance premiums in accordance with state regulations and record them in the basic old-age insurance pooling fund and individual accounts respectively.
Thirteenth employees of state-owned enterprises and institutions to participate in the basic old-age insurance, the basic old-age insurance premiums payable during the payment period shall be borne by the government. When the basic old-age insurance fund is insufficient to pay, the government gives subsidies.