Social Security Management Practice: Second Edition

Author: Kang Siyong
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: This book is based on the spirit of the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. As the framework of China's new social security system has taken shape and entered the pilot phase of improving the urban social security system, it was launched to meet the needs of social security work and teaching/training in the coming period. The book is a new resource for social security management, teaching/training, and policy consultation. It is divided into five parts.
Part 1: Overview of Social Security – The connotation and extension of social security; the operational characteristics of each component of the social security system; the status and role of social security.
Part 2: The Origin, Development, and Reform of Social Security in China and Abroad – The current social security system in China.
Part 3: China's Current Social Insurance System – The "five major insurances" (pension, medical, unemployment, work-related injury, and maternity insurance); the "three types of allowances" (illness, disability, and dependents); benefits for supporting direct family members.
Part 4: Several Aspects of Social Insurance Management – Management of social insurance funds; business procedures of social insurance; calculation of work experience.
Part 5: Other Components of Social Security – Social relief; preferential treatment and resettlement; social welfare; rural elderly insurance based on self-saving accumulation.
The features of this book are:
(1) It comprehensively and systematically introduces the historical evolution and current reform status of social security in China and abroad;
(2) It integrates social security theory, policy, regulations, and operational procedures;
(3) It provides a full and objective overview of current policies and regulations, carefully selected up to the end of April 2003 and systematically summarized, ensuring authenticity, authority, and reliability;
(4) It conducts forward-looking research and elaboration on major issues;
(5) It aligns with practical social security work, emphasizing usability and practicality.
This book is suitable as an ideal textbook for the following:
(1) Higher education in labor and social security and human resource management;
(2) Training materials for labor and social security cadres in government departments and enterprises/organizations;
(3) Training materials for civil affairs and trade union living support cadres;
(4) A handbook for social security practitioners;
(5) A reference manual for laborers and their families on social security policies.