Nissho Mimura Chairman, “Expansion of welfare pension increases the burden on SMEs” A careful discussion on November 21 at 18:43
Mr. Mimura, chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said at the press conference on the 21st that the burden on small and medium-sized enterprises might increase with regard to the expansion of the application of the welfare pension to the short-time workers working in the part that the government is considering. Showed that it should be discussed.
To join the Employees' Pension, a company with more than 501 employees is required to work 20 hours a week and have a monthly income of 88,000 yen or more. In order to make it easier for members to join, the company is considering ways to ease the requirements, such as reducing the number of employees in the company to “51 or more”, and coordination with the ruling party is underway.
Regarding this, Mimura, chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said at the press conference on the 21st that the argument that “it should be applied to smaller companies is growing, but forgot who will pay insurance premiums”. I feel that the discussion is ahead. "
On top of that, Mr. Mimura said, “There are increasing factors such as the expansion of“ business owner contributions ”for raising children and raising the minimum wage. As the overall burden is very large, it is necessary to have a careful discussion as a whole. '' Was emphasized.