employment is the foundation of people's livelihood. The meeting held on 18 pointed out that at present, an urgent task is to stabilize employment in coordinating the prevention and control of epidemic situation and economic and social development. It is necessary to focus on the primary task of stabilizing employment.
to stabilize employment, we must stabilize enterprises. The meeting decided to reduce the contributions of enterprises' pension, unemployment and industrial injury insurance units in stages to reduce the impact of the epidemic on enterprises, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, so that enterprises can have a buffer period after resuming production. In all provinces except Hubei, small and medium-sized enterprises can be exempted from the above three fees from February to June, and large enterprises can be levied by half from February to April; Hubei province can exempt all kinds of insured enterprises from February to June.
Cai Fang, vice president of China Academy of Social Sciences, said that migrant workers account for a large proportion in the employment of small and medium-sized enterprises, and it is more common for migrant workers to delay their return to the city and the low rate of employees arriving at their posts to fail to start work or to start work insufficiently; The order form is relatively irregular, although the epidemic situation is a force majeure factor, it is more difficult to safeguard its legitimate rights and interests; In the case of insufficient start-up, it is more difficult to pay factory rent, equipment idle cost and raw material occupation, and it is also under greater pressure to pay wages and social insurance contributions to employees who are not on duty.
According to the Survey Report on the Impact of COVID-19 Epidemic on Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and Countermeasures issued by China Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Association, more than 85% of the 6,422 small and medium-sized enterprises that participated in the survey questionnaire were greatly affected; The shortage of funds and shrinking demand are the biggest difficulties and challenges for small and medium-sized enterprises.
China's small and medium-sized enterprises have contributed 81% of the national employment, and stabilizing the small and medium-sized enterprises will stabilize the employment market. At present, all localities are taking various measures to speed up the resumption of production and ensure the normal life of the people on the premise of ensuring the victory over the epidemic. For example, Suzhou, Beijing and other places have introduced policies and measures to support small and medium-sized enterprises to tide over the difficulties; As of February 2, the policy of stable return of posts during the landing epidemic in Nanning has allocated 47.5 million yuan to 4158 enterprises.
The meeting also proposed that scientifically classified and practical epidemic prevention guidelines should be issued as soon as possible to guide all localities to reasonably determine the conditions for resumption of work and production and cancel unnecessary deposits. Do a good job in the employment of key groups in a targeted manner. Through cross-regional peer-to-peer labor cooperation and other orderly organization of migrant workers to return to work, except in areas with serious epidemic situation and high risk of diffusion, unreasonable regulations restricting workers to return to work should be resolutely corrected.
At present, the pressure of job security coexists with the phenomenon of lack of work in enterprises. Zhang Ying, director of the Employment Promotion Department of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, said that after the outbreak, there have indeed been some changes in the labor market. After the time for enterprises to start and return to work was delayed and the time for labor to return to work was wrong, Hubei and other areas with serious epidemic situation, tourism and catering services and some small and medium-sized enterprises also reported increased pressure on job stability. At the same time, the industries and enterprises related to the epidemic situation are obviously short of work, and some recruitment and job hunting activities are temporarily postponed.
In this regard, the meeting stressed that it is necessary to support migrant workers to find jobs nearby by combining poverty alleviation and local construction. Pay close attention to the development of college graduates' delayed employment registration plan and increase online recruitment. Support enterprises to adapt to the online consumption needs of the masses and increase flexible jobs.
Cai Fang said that under the premise of resolutely and effectively preventing and controlling the epidemic situation, non-epidemic areas can effectively promote workers' arrival at their posts, especially help migrant workers to return to cities for employment safely, and strive to maintain full employment throughout the year. To solve the contradiction between the current epidemic prevention and control and the factors of production, especially the labor mobility, it is necessary to creatively combine the market mechanism with the role of the government.
from the perspective of employment groups, migrant workers and laid-off workers are most affected, which are manifested in difficulties in re-employment, reduced income and increased urban poverty. Therefore, it is particularly important to provide emergency assistance to the hard-hit groups.
The meeting proposed that the basic livelihood of the unemployed should be guaranteed. In a timely manner, people with employment difficulties affected by the epidemic will be included in the scope of employment assistance to ensure that unemployment insurance benefits will be paid in full and on time. Support the development of temporary public welfare posts in areas with serious epidemic situation, and use unemployment insurance funds to issue unemployment subsidies to unemployed people.
"With the relief of the COVID-19 epidemic and the final victory, enterprises will speed up the resumption of work and production, the consumption and investment accumulated in the previous period will continue to be released, and the demand of the labor market will also expand simultaneously. The fundamentals of China's long-term economic improvement and the overall stability of the employment situation have not changed." Zhang Ying said.