About "Employment Adjustment Subsidy" to maintain employment of employees The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has taken the current special measures for companies that cooperate in shortening leave and business hours in the area covered by the "State of Emergency". We announced that it will be extended until the end of June.
The "employment adjustment subsidy" is a system that subsidizes part of the leave allowance, etc., when a company maintains employment by taking a leave of absence from employees even if sales decrease.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the number of payment decisions from February to April 23 last year was 3,174,587, amounting to 3,317.3 billion yen.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has taken special measures such as raising the daily subsidy limit to 15,000 yen for companies affected by the new coronavirus and raising the subsidy rate to a maximum of 100% for both large companies and small and medium-sized companies. I am doing.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has announced that in the four prefectures where the third "state of emergency" has been issued for this special measure, companies that cooperate in taking leave or shortening business hours based on requests from local governments will be notified. Announced that it will be extended until the end of the month.
For companies that cooperate in shortening business hours in the target areas of "priority measures such as spread prevention" and companies nationwide whose sales in the last 3 months have decreased by 30% or more compared to the previous year or 2 years ago. However, the current special measures will continue until the end of June.
On the other hand, in other areas and companies, special measures will be reduced in principle.
Specifically, the maximum daily subsidy will be 13,500 yen, and the maximum subsidy rate will be 90% for small and medium-sized enterprises and 75% for large enterprises.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has a policy of reducing special measures after July unless the employment situation deteriorates significantly.