China News Service, February 18. According to the website of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, in order to solve the problem of work injury protection for couriers, the Ministry of Transport, the State Post Bureau, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the Ministry of Commerce, and the State Administration for Market Regulation . The All-China Federation of Trade Unions jointly issued the "Opinions on Doing a Good Job in Protecting the Legal Rights and Interests of Courier Groups", which clearly proposed to improve the social insurance level of couriers and allow grassroots express outlets with flexible employment and high mobility to participate in work-related injury insurance first.
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The "Opinions" pointed out that the promotion work should focus on grasping the following principles: First, support the development of the industry, focus on solving the problem of work injury protection for courier groups, and promote the sustainable and healthy development of the express industry; Promote fair competition among enterprises; thirdly, innovate working methods, adapt to industry characteristics, simplify and optimize processes, and improve security efficiency; finally, take into account market fairness, coordinate the relationship between enterprise development and the maintenance of courier's legitimate rights and interests, and encourage commercial insurance as a supplement Safeguard method.
Grassroots express outlets can give priority to participating in work-related injury insurance
The "Opinions" emphasize that express delivery companies should participate in various social insurances in accordance with the law.
If express delivery companies employ labor dispatch methods, they should urge the labor dispatch companies to participate in social insurance in accordance with the law.
Grassroots express outlets with flexible employment and high mobility can take priority in participating in work-related injury insurance. Among them, grassroots express outlets that have obtained the express delivery business license from the postal administration and are qualified as employers can directly apply for priority insurance for couriers; For grassroots express delivery outlets that do not have the qualifications of the main body of the employer for the postal administration department to record the terminal outlet of the express delivery, the enterprise legal person that has the qualification for the express delivery business operation license and the qualification of the main body of the employer shall handle the priority participation in the insurance on behalf of the outlet. In principle, in the express delivery business Participate in insurance in the place of business license and assume the responsibility of the employer for work-related injury insurance.
The express delivery companies and grassroots express delivery outlets that have participated in various social insurances as required before the "Opinions" are issued are not subject to the above-mentioned priority to participate in the scope of work-related injury insurance.
Specific approval of work-related injury insurance rates and timely floating adjustment
In terms of calculation and payment methods, the "Opinions" clarified that the social insurance administrative departments of all coordinating regions should reasonably determine the benchmark premium for work-related injury insurance in the express delivery industry in their respective regions in accordance with the current work-related injury insurance premium rate policy and the principle of "determining income based on expenditure and balancing income and expenditure". Rate.
The social insurance agency shall, based on factors such as the employer's use of work-related injury insurance premiums and the incidence of work-related injuries, determine specific work-related injury insurance rates and adjust them in a timely manner.
In terms of payment base, if it is difficult to directly calculate and pay work-related injury insurance premiums based on the total wages, in principle, the work-related injury insurance premiums shall be calculated and paid according to the average wages and the number of insured persons in the whole-caliber urban units in the overall planning area in the previous year.
The "Opinions" pointed out that local postal administrations, according to the scope of the grassroots outlets that preferentially participate in work-related injury insurance, will provide the human resources and social security departments at the same level with a list of eligible grassroots express outlets on a monthly basis after the completion of the business license or filing, and urge the relevant grassroots outlets. The outlets will timely register and pay for work-related injury insurance for couriers.
Human resources and social security departments in all coordinating regions should simplify and optimize the procedures for insurance registration, payment verification, work-related injury identification, and labor capacity identification procedures, strengthen inter-departmental data exchange and business collaboration, and promote online and handheld applications based on the characteristics of the express delivery industry.
Couriers of express delivery companies and grassroots express delivery outlets shall enjoy work-related injury insurance benefits in accordance with the Regulations on Work-related Injury Insurance and the relevant provisions of the overall planning area.
Coordinate regional social insurance agencies and employers to pay all work-related injury insurance benefits on time and in full according to law.
If the employer should participate in the insurance but does not participate in the insurance, the employer shall pay the industrial injury insurance benefits in accordance with the "Regulations on Industrial Injury Insurance" and the regulations of the place of production and operation.
Continue to improve the awareness of legal rights protection and work-related injury prevention awareness of courier employees
The "Opinions" require all provincial human resources and social security departments to conscientiously do a good job in the organization and implementation of work-related injury insurance for couriers at grass-roots express delivery outlets, and to work with the postal department to conduct a thorough investigation of various express delivery companies and outlets, and strive to achieve full coverage as soon as possible. .
The postal management department will implement the implementation of the courier's participation in work-related injury insurance into the scope of the construction of the industry's integrity system, guide enterprises to improve the assessment mechanism, carry out courier satisfaction surveys, and instruct express companies to increase the content of courier's participation in work-related injury insurance in the annual work report. The participation in work-related injury insurance of each express delivery company and its grassroots outlets will be announced on the official websites of the China Express Association, the express delivery associations of all provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and the express delivery companies.
Human resources and social security departments in all regions should further strengthen supervision and inspection in conjunction with postal administration departments, urge employers to participate in insurance according to law, protect the rights and interests of express employees’ injury insurance, and timely report the participation of basic express outlets in work-related injury insurance; at the same time, focus on strengthening data sharing between departments, Continuously improve the reliability and availability of data.
Human resources and social security departments and postal management departments in various places should guide express delivery companies and grassroots outlets to actively carry out publicity and training, and continuously improve express employees' awareness of legal rights protection for injury insurance and work-related injury prevention awareness.
All provincial human resources and social security departments and postal administration departments shall formulate specific implementation plans in accordance with national laws and regulations and the spirit of this document, in light of local actual conditions, and submit them to the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the State Post Bureau.