Childcare leave benefits Delayed by more than one month in Tokyo and Osaka due to the impact of the new corona November 8, 7:49
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It was found that there has been a delay of more than a month in Tokyo and Osaka over the payment of national benefits to those who took childcare leave.
It depends on the Department of Labor and because the do not cope with electronic application, which has increased the influence of the new coronavirus, is that the prospect to regain the delay is not standing.
The delay in payment is the "childcare leave benefit" paid by the national employment insurance.
This benefit is received by more than 380,000 people nationwide annually, and after being checked once every two months, in principle, the amount will be paid according to the wage before the start of leave until the child turns one year old. ..
Normally, the payment will be made about a week after the application is submitted, but since April, Tokyo and Osaka, which account for more than one-third of all beneficiaries, will be delayed by more than a month. It means that it continues.
According to the Tokyo Labor Bureau, etc., the number of electronic applications has increased due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, but the cause is that they are not fully prepared.
Still in the Tokyo Labor Bureau have been carried out procedures of application, which was issued in late September, is that the prospect is not standing to regain more than a month of delay.
Hiroyuki Tashiro, chief of the Employment Insurance Division of the Tokyo Labor Bureau, said, "I'm sorry for the delay. I would like to respond to the increase in the processing of electronic applications by expanding the system."