Survey by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare with over 90,000 people including unemployment expected due to corona

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 90,000, including the prospect.

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is calling on companies to maintain employment because there is concern that the number of cases where non-regular employees will lose their jobs will increase toward the end of the fiscal year.

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 this, 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 the 26th of last month was 90,185 including the expected number, exceeding 90,000.

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 21st last year, then 50,000 on August 31st, 70,000 on November 6th, and this year January 6th. There were over 80,000 people.

Looking at the data as of 19th last month by industry, the manufacturing industry has 19,071 people, the restaurant industry has 11,773 people, the retail industry has 11,655 people, the accommodation industry has 17,53 people, and the worker dispatching industry has 5,422 people. It has become a person.

By prefecture, Tokyo has 20,623 people, Osaka has 7,598 people, Aichi has 4,842 people, and Kanagawa has 4,265 people.

Also, among those who lost their jobs due to the effects of the new coronavirus, 42,160 people worked in non-regular employment such as part-time jobs and part-time jobs from May 25th last year to 19th last month.

Labor unions and others are worried that there is a risk of losing jobs, especially those who work in non-regular employment, toward the end of the fiscal year when the contract is renewed.

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is actively utilizing employment adjustment subsidies, etc., to encourage companies to maintain employment and to strengthen support for reemployment.