Industrial labor union "UA Zensen" to introduce long-term care mutual aid to prevent long-term care turnover October 3, 4:07
In order to prevent "long-term care turnover", the industrial union "UA Zensen" will start a long-term care mutual aid in March next year, which will keep the premium lower than the insurance of private companies and provide benefits when family care is needed. became.
"UA Zensen" is the largest industry-specific labor union in Japan with about 1.8 million members, including labor unions in the distribution, textile chemistry, and service industries. Nursing care mutual aid was created in cooperation with a major life insurance company. It was.
According to a survey conducted by UA Zensen three years ago on union members, about 20% of full-time employees and about 40% of temporary employees and part-time workers answered that they had considered leaving their jobs to care for their families. There were a number of voices saying that "work and long-term care cannot be balanced" and that "using long-term care services has a heavy financial burden".
For long-term care mutual aid, union members, spouse, and their parents can join, and if they are certified as requiring long-term care 2 or more, a benefit of 1 to 5 million yen will be paid according to the monthly premium.
The feature is that the premium is kept lower than the insurance of private companies.
Plans to start operations from March next year, we expect 18 million people to subscribe to the prospect of five years.
Akihiko Matsuura, Chairman of UA Zensen, said, "I think it is a great advantage for companies to continue working by making use of the skills that employees have cultivated without anxiety about caring for their families. Not only improving wages and working conditions, but also various lifestyles. It is very important for the labor union to support. "