Regarding the subsidy system to support parents who have had to take time off from work due to the school closure of their children due to the spread of the infection, many groups made up of parents nationwide have not received the application period. I requested the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare to extend this.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare supports parents who had to take time off from work due to the child's closure or school closure, by subsidizing the cost to the company if they take paid leave in addition to their annual paid leave. We have set up a system to extend the target period by the end of February next year.
However, because it takes time to apply and it becomes unfair among employees, the company does not apply, and there are still many people who have not received it even if it is a target, an organization made by parents nationwide Handed a request to Junko Mihara, Deputy Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare on the 17th.
Among them, the application deadline is approaching the end of this month, and we are requesting an extension of the application period from March to September and a revision of the system so that individuals can apply without going through a company.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the subsidies provided so far are only 23% of the originally envisioned budget.
A woman in Gifu prefecture, who says she hasn't received it, says, "It's too rare to spend only 20% of the estimated budget, so I want you to reach the people who need it."