Huis Ten Bosch dispatches dozens of people at once.
The theme park "Huis Ten Bosch" in Sasebo City, Nagasaki Prefecture, announced that mid-last month, contracts for temporary employees had been terminated at the same time. The company says that the number is dozens, and the company explains that "the effect of the new coronavirus has reduced work and was not intended but had to be discontinued."
Sasebo's theme park "Huis Ten Bosch" has been closed for more than two weeks from the end of February to the 15th of last month due to the spread of the new coronavirus, and after that, the facilities that can be used are limited to outdoor attractions etc. doing.
Under these circumstances, it was found that Huis Ten Bosch terminated the contract of employees working as temporary workers all at once on the 16th of last month when operations resumed.
There were dozens of temporary workers who were forced to take leave of absence. Of these, men in their 20s who had contracts to work from late February to the middle of this month were sent by a dispatch company after leaving work on 16th of last month. It was reported that the contract was over today, and that the dormitory he had lived in had been asked to leave last month.
"Huis Ten Bosch" said, "The number of operations decreased due to the spread of the new coronavirus, and it was difficult to respond only by adjusting the staffing, and we were forced to discontinue, although we were not willing to do so. There ".
Expert "Efforts to maintain employment"
Natsume Ichiro of the Japan Labor Attorney said, "When the Lehman Shock went out of work, I lost my job and my home, but I feel that the same thing has happened. There is a need for efforts to maintain employment as much as possible by using employment adjustment subsidies. "