According to the research company's summary, the number of companies that solicited early retirement or voluntary retirement increased rapidly in the last year due to the deterioration of business performance due to the influence of the new coronavirus, and the number of applicants exceeded 18,000 just by clarifying. understood.

According to Tokyo Shoko Research, 93 listed companies solicited early retirement and voluntary retirement in the last year, 2.6 times more than adults.



The number of applicants is 18,635 in total for the 80 companies that have been clarified.



By industry,


▽ "apparel / textile products" was the largest with 18 companies,


followed by


▽ "automobile-related" and "electrical equipment" with 11 companies each, and


▽ "restaurant" and "retail" with 7 companies each. ..



Furthermore, it was revealed that 22 companies have already started recruiting by the 21st after entering this year, and the number of recruitment has increased by 50% compared to the same period last year.



According to Tokyo Shoko Research, "Recruitment in industries that are strongly affected by the unnecessarily refraining from going out and shortening of business hours due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection was conspicuous. If the spread of the infection is prolonged, the employment situation will worsen. Is also a concern. "