Specific examples of "leave of absence support" payments To inform companies

Specific examples of "leave of absence support" payments to be known to companies Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare October 24, 5:32

Applying for a national "leave support fund" that supports people who have been forced to take a leave of absence due to the influence of the new coronavirus but are not paid the leave allowance without the cooperation of companies, mainly those who work in non-regular employment. There are many cases of hesitation.

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has a policy of summarizing specific cases in which subsidies are allowed to be provided and disseminating them at the earliest this month, considering that the background is that the understanding of the corporate system is not advanced.

The "leave of absence support" is a system for people working in small and medium-sized enterprises, and 80% of the wages are directly paid up to 11,000 yen a day for leave from April.

Applications can be made without the cooperation of companies, but according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, companies say that they are not on leave because they do not have a shift, or that they have not instructed them to take leave, and they are non-regular employees. There are a number of cases where people who work in Japan hesitate to apply.

If the cooperation cannot be obtained from the company, the Labor Bureau will investigate, but if the company does not answer and the leave cannot be confirmed, in principle, the support money will not be paid, so the labor union etc. will request improvement. A request has been made.

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has a policy of summarizing specific cases in which subsidies are allowed to be provided and disseminating them to companies as early as this month, considering that the background is that the understanding of the system is not advanced.

According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, "By showing specific cases, companies can understand the system and workers can apply, and we believe that there will be fewer cases where companies do not respond to the Labor Bureau's survey."

According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, as of the 15th of this month, there were 550,287 applications for leave support, and 319,909 were decided to be paid, which is about 25 billion yen.