According to a survey by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the number of people who lost their jobs due to the effects of the new coronavirus exceeded 80,000, including the prospect.
Concerned about the impact of the state of emergency on employment, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is calling on companies to maintain employment through subsidies and other means.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is investigating cases in which companies that have deteriorated in business performance due to the spread of the new coronavirus have been dismissed or have been "stopped hiring" without renewing their contracts.
According to it, it was found that the number of people who lost their jobs due to dismissal or "stop hiring" from the end of January last year to January 6th was 80,121 including the prospect, exceeding 80,000. ..
Since the number of people can be grasped by Hello Work nationwide, it seems that there are actually more people who have lost their jobs.
The number of people who lost their jobs due to the new coronavirus exceeded 10,000 on May 21, last year, 50,000 on August 31, and 70,000 on November 6.
Looking at the data as of the 25th of last month by industry,
▽ manufacturing industry has 16,717 people,
▽ restaurant industry has 11,021 people,
▽ retail industry has 10,399 people,
▽ accommodation industry has 9,620 people,
▽ worker dispatching. There are 5165 people in the business.
By prefecture, there are
19,318 people in Tokyo, 6,657 people in
Osaka, 4,696 people in
Aichi, and 3,594 people in
Kanagawa.
In addition, among those who lost their jobs due to the effects of the new coronavirus, the number of people who worked in non-regular employment such as part-time jobs and part-time jobs was 38,009 from May 25 last year to 25 last month.
Labor unions have voiced concerns about the impact on employment, such as the increase in dismissals and “stop hiring” due to the declaration of an emergency in the Tokyo metropolitan area.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare continues to call on companies to maintain employment by actively utilizing national employment adjustment subsidies.