I. Job Stabilization Rebate Policy

Enterprises participating in the insurance program are eligible for the job stabilization rebate policy in Shanghai if they have the following conditions:

(i) Participated in unemployment insurance in accordance with the law and paid the required unemployment insurance premiums in FY2023.

(ii) The redundancy rate is no higher than the control target of the national urban survey unemployment rate for the previous year (5.5%), and the redundancy rate for enterprises with 30 or fewer employees is no higher than 20%.

II. Criteria for the Rebate of Unemployment Insurance

For eligible employers, large enterprises will be refunded 30% of the total amount of unemployment insurance premiums actually paid by the enterprise and its employees in FY2023, and employers such as small, medium and micro enterprises will be refunded at 60%.

III. Calculation of Redundancy Rates

(i) For employers with more than one year of social insurance participation and contributions in 2023, the layoff rate = 1 - (number of unemployed insurance participants in December 2023 + number of attrition participants in 2023) / number of unemployed insurance participants in December 2022.

(ii) For employers with less than one year of social insurance participation and contributions in 2023, the layoff rate = 1 - (number of unemployment insurance participants in December 2023 + number of attrition participants in 2023) / number of participants in the first month of 2023 unemployment insurance participation.

Among these, the number of attrition refers to the number of employees who retired or died.

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