A private research institute that investigated the impact of the spread of infection on part-time and part-time workers revealed that there are more than 1.4 million people nationwide who have reduced shifts by more than 50% and have not received leave allowances. did.
The survey was conducted by Nomura Research Institute on the Internet for about 65,000 people working part-time or part-time for five days from the 8th of last month when a state of emergency was declared in 10 prefectures.
Among them, 34% of men and 29% of women answered that the shift decreased compared to before the spread of infection, and nearly half of them answered that they had decreased by more than 50%.
When asked in more detail to 6232 of those who had fewer shifts, 79% of men and 75% of women answered that they did not receive a leave allowance, and many of them took a leave allowance even if they shortened their time. He answered that he did not know that he would receive it.
The institute estimates that the number of women who have not received leave allowances due to a decrease of more than 50% is 1.03 million for women and 430,000 for men, for a total of 1.46 million people nationwide.
Kana Takeda, senior consultant at Nomura Research Institute, said, "This is also the second state of emergency, and there are many" substantial unemployed people "whose shifts have decreased significantly in Corona and their income has decreased. It is necessary to proactively provide support information through SNS etc. as an issue. "