Apply for employment adjustment subsidy Online from 20th New Corona May 19 11:54
To streamline the process of applying for an employment adjustment subsidy, which provides some of the company's paid leave allowances, the MHLW will accept applications online starting on the 20th.
"Employment adjustment subsidy" is a subsidy provided by the government to maintain some employment without dismissing employees and pay leave allowance even if sales are reduced. In response to this, we have expanded the system by increasing the subsidy rate.
In order to apply for a grant, you had to bring or mail the documents to the counter of the Labor Bureau until now, but from noon on the 20th, you can also go online by accessing the dedicated system from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare website. It looks like Also, the procedure will be simplified by further reducing the documents required for application.
The employment adjustment subsidy means that there are 24,797 applications from February 14th to the 18th of this month, and the number of 12,201 payments has been decided due to the start of expansion of the system.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is calling on companies that are taking leave due to the effects of the new coronavirus to utilize the system, and is also studying raising the maximum amount of subsidies.