Not subsidized due to temporary school closures Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare Directed to encourage companies to use

Subsidies for temporary school closures will not be used.Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will instruct companies to encourage use

According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has reported that several consultations have been received over the government's subsidy system for compensating for the income of parents who have been forced to take work off temporary schools. Was instructed to understand the situation and encourage companies to use it.

The government has forced employees to take paid leave in addition to their annual paid leave in support of parents who have had to take time off work at schools temporarily affected by the spread of the new coronavirus. In addition, we have a system to subsidize up to 8330 yen per day.

However, at the special counseling desks set up at labor bureaus nationwide, parents have received multiple consultations stating that "this company cannot be used by the company".

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare notified the labor bureaus nationwide on the 25th of last month assuming that such consultations are expected to increase in the future, and after understanding the actual situation of the companies consulted by workers, After receiving the agreement, the company was instructed to promptly call or visit the company to use the system.

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare says, "I want companies to use subsidies as much as possible and create an environment where employees can take a break."

Saizeriya “Responding with a unique system without using the national system”

A woman in her 30s working as a part-time employee at a store in Chiba Prefecture, a major restaurant chain company, "Sizeriya," consulted a store manager last month to see if she could use the national system. It is explained that it corresponds.

At that time, the indicated documents stated that a uniform 2,000 yen per day will be paid as compensation for the temporary leave of school where the child goes.

Women work four to five days a week for five hours during the day, earning more than ¥ 4,600 per day, but the kindergarten where the eldest son goes is closed due to the spread of the new coronavirus, and mid-last month. I have to take a break from work.

According to the company's own system, less than half of working a day would be less than half of the time, "The store manager says that if you use the national system, you will not be able to use it because more people will rest and you will not be able to work or shift. My part was devoted to food expenses and children's lessons, so my life is very difficult. I want to make the system available because the company has many people in a similar position to me. " I was talking.

Saizeriya said in an interview with NHK, "We are currently in the process of considering this, so we have declined to comment."

Woman at a machine manufacturer subsidiary: "Companies don't make sense in applications"

Women in their 30s who work for a subsidiary of a major machine manufacturer in the Tokai region are asked if their primary school for the first grade daughter will be temporarily closed and that they can take paid leave using a new subsidy program established by the government. When I contacted me, I was told that I could not get it agreed that `` I do not plan to use it because the parent company has not introduced it, and if I take a break, I will use annual paid leave, otherwise I will be treated as unpaid That is.

For this reason, the woman managed to go to work by leaving her eldest daughter in a neighborhood friend or in the house of her parents-in-law who took three hours by car.

Still, there were days when no one was able to leave it, so I took nine days off, but in order to leave some of my annual paid leave, three of those days were unpaid.

The woman said, "I couldn't work from home because of my work, so I was tired of adjusting and I was tired. I didn't take paid leave for such occasions, and I felt it was severe without compensation. It doesn't make sense to say that you can only use it if you don't apply for it, and we want you to make it more user-friendly. "

Consultation with labor unions one after another

The labor union has received a series of consultations on compensation for lost time.

NHK asked the federation, all labor unions, and all labor unions about the number and content of consultations related to the new coronavirus, and since the beginning of last month, received at least 600 consultations in total, of which 134 were related to compensation for absence from work. There are 63 cases related to dismissal and suspension of employment.

Some companies use subsidies for temporary closure of schools, such as "Take a child and work. Unpaid if you take a break," or "Have another person hiring for a month to take care of your child." That is, there are cases that do not.

Trade unions, which are consulted by employees of major food service chains, point out that there are institutional problems in addition to labor shortages.

Under the subsidy system, the government provides a maximum of 8330 yen if the company pays employees who have taken leave the amount equivalent to the wage per day, but the company will pay the excess of the maximum.

`` Because employees who pay more than the maximum amount paid under the subsidy plan must be paid in full, they will not be eligible for the company, the more such employees use the system, '' said Kotaro Aoki, co-head of the general support union. It is a burdensome and difficult to use system.It is necessary to revise the system as soon as possible, such as raising the maximum amount and allowing workers to apply for it. "

Labor defense team "should review system"

Natsume Ichiro of the Japan Labor Attorney stated that a number of companies did not use the subsidy system to compensate for the income of parents who were forced to take a break due to temporary school closure, saying, `` Schools were closed at the request of the government, It is wrong that companies do not use the system because it is unavoidable and it is unavoidable. There is a duty to allow employees to take leave while using the system to guarantee the lives of employees. " Pointed out.

In addition, there is an upper limit to the amount of the subsidy, and the burden on the company side is described as "If the government subsidizes the entire wage or at least about 80%, the company side will be able to use the system easily, The state should consider revising the system. "