What happens to a leave request? Osaka Hyogo Fukuoka Policy April 8 14:03

Following the "Declaration of Emergency" based on the New Coronavirus Special Measures Law, Osaka, Hyogo, and Fukuoka Prefectures have announced their policies for requesting leave of absence.

Osaka is ...

Governor Yoshimura of Osaka Prefecture has called on the government to secure financial resources in the belief that it has been necessary to provide financial compensation in the case of requesting business operators to take leave.

The “Emergency Declaration” was issued on the 7th, allowing prefectural governors to apply for a leave of absence based on the law, but the government has determined the effects of requests for self-restraint and other activities. On a step-by-step basis.

In addition, it is difficult for the government of Osaka Prefecture to secure financial resources solely because the government is negative about compensation for individual leave of absence to business operators.

On the other hand, Governor Yoshimura believes that efforts to prevent the spread of infection will be highly effective without coordinating with the government and the other six cities and prefectures that have been declared emergency.

For this reason, Osaka Prefecture does not request a leave of absence at this time, but wants to judge the necessity in late April when the effect of requesting self-restraint to go out is effective.

Hyogo prefecture ...

Hyogo Prefecture has not yet requested a leave of absence, saying that "it is not the situation where the number of infected people is increasing rapidly as in Tokyo."

However, we are requesting citizens of the prefecture to “self-restrain the use of restaurants, karaoke, etc., which are open from night to early morning.

If Hyogo Prefecture continues to request self-restraint to go out and the spread of infection does not stop, it will consider taking a leave of absence if the spread does not stop. If we continue, it will be a "rapid increase." If the situation gets worse, we will also consider requesting business operators to take leave. "

Fukuoka is ...

Fukuoka Prefecture believes that the request for voluntary self-restraint can be expected to have a certain effect, and that Prime Minister Abe has expressed a negative opinion on individual leave compensation in relation to emergency economic measures. In light of this, we have not requested any leave at this time.

However, in the future, if the number of patients increases rapidly, preparations will be made to request or instruct employees to take leave, mainly in industries that are likely to become so-called “three dense”, that is, closed, crowded, and closely.