China: Shanghai Released the Measures on Management of Information in relation to Dishonest Action in Respect of Social Insurance Contribution Obligation

Shanghai Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau and Shanghai Municipal Development and Reform Commission jointly released the Measures on Management of the Information in relation to Dishonesty in Social Insurance Contribution in Shanghai (the “Measures”). The Measures summarize company and individual’s six kinds of dishonest behaviors (e.g. where the company fails to contribute social insurance on schedule, an administrative punishment decision is imposed according to law, or the company is ordered to contribute within a prescribed period of time but still fail to contribute or in full amount upon expiration of the time limit, or the order of compulsory appropriation of contribution amount is made according to the law) and three kinds of severe dishonest behaviors (e.g. the company or individual gains compensation in a fairly large number from social insurance fund through fraud, using forged documents or other deceptive means). The Measures stipulate that the information of dishonest action would be reported to Shanghai Public Credit Information Platform and the company and/or individual with records of dishonest actions will face several kinds of punitive measures implemented jointly by multiple administrative authorities.