JR West has extended the "temporary leave" of its employees for one month until the end of March, saying that it is not expected that railway users will recover due to the influence of the new corona, and will increase the number of people per day by 30. Announced that it will increase by% to about 1300 people.
Since February 1, JR West has been implementing a "temporary leave" for about 27,500 people, including station staff, crew members, and employees working at the head office and branch offices, to take a rest of about 1,000 people a day.
The period was until the end of February, but due to the continued influence of the new Corona, such as the extension of the state of emergency in 10 prefectures such as Tokyo and Osaka, the recovery of users of the Sanyo Shinkansen and limited express trains cannot be expected, and the work of employees. We decided to extend the period for one month until the end of next month, assuming that the amount will not increase.
We have also increased the number of people per day by 30% to about 1,300.
JR West says that it will use the employment adjustment subsidy to pay the full amount of the basic salary of employees who have been closed.
The JR Group announced on the 15th that JR Central will extend the temporary leave of employees until the end of next month.