Against the backdrop of the resumption of economic activity from the corona crisis, there is a growing movement among restaurant and retail companies, which continue to have labor shortages, to improve employee treatment in order to secure human resources.
A company that operates the Chinese restaurant chain "Hidakaya" in the Kanto region has started an initiative to pay an allowance of 500,000 yen to those who are hired mid-career from May this year.
Allowances will be divided into 12 months to ensure the retention of human resources.
In addition, the introduction fee paid when an employee introduces a part-time job applicant and is hired has been tripled, so Takayuki Harada, director of the Hiday Hidaka Human Resources Department, said, "By increasing the number of people. I would like to extend the operating hours of existing stores and proceed with the store opening plan.”
On the other hand, Fast Retailing, which operates UNIQLO and GU, will raise hourly wages for part-time workers by about 10% to 30% from this autumn, depending on the actual situation in the region.
As of the end of February, there were about 26,000 part-timers and part-timers working at UNIQLO, and not only new hires but also existing employees are subject to hourly wage increases.
In addition, since last month, convenience store chain FamilyMart has introduced prepayment of salaries for part-time workers and part-time workers, and with the labor shortage continuing against the backdrop of the resumption of economic activities from the corona crisis, we are working to secure human resources. There is a growing movement to improve the working conditions of employees.