Birth insurance scheme extended

GUANGZHOU: Guangdong province's birth insurance scheme will be extended to migrant workers, the provincial labor and social insurance department has said.

The department recently released a regulation aiming to extend the insurance all workers in Guangdong province, including migrants. The regulation will take effect on July 1.

The regulation expands the range of workers covered by the scheme to local and migrant employees who have signed labor contracts with State-owned or private companies and factories, social or community-run organizations, governmental or public institutes and foreign or joint-venture companies.