Is the additional amount of company training of the chairman of "Japan Association of Travel Agents" illegally received?

A travel agency in Tokyo, whose representative director is the chairman of the Japan Association of Travel Agents, is suspected of illegally receiving an "employment adjustment subsidy," and the company conducted training for employees who are on leave. According to an interview with the people concerned, it was found that there was a suspicion that he had applied for a lie and was illegally receiving the additional subsidy.

The company says, "We are checking the facts and cannot comment."

The Tokyo travel agency "World Aviation Service", of which Jungo Kikuma (69), chairman of the Japan Association of Travel Agents, is the representative director, pretends to be resting employees since last year when the infection with the new coronavirus spread. According to an NHK interview, it was suspected that the documents were submitted to the government and the employment adjustment subsidy, at least about 70 million yen, was illegally received.

In addition to the leave allowance subsidy, the employment adjustment subsidy will add up to 2400 yen per person per day if training is conducted for employees who are on leave, but the company is also fraudulent about this additional amount. It was found by interviewing the people concerned that there was a suspicion that they had received the benefits.

According to the internal materials obtained by NHK, the company has applied to the government for remote training almost every weekday since May last year, but in reality many employees came to work from around July last year. It means that I decided to participate in the training and was doing normal work.

A person concerned testified to the interview that "the training was only about playing videos such as TV programs, but after being instructed to go to work, I was too busy to watch it."

The training subsidies that the company has received so far have totaled more than 30 million yen since July last year.

The company told NHK that it was "confirming the facts and cannot comment."

The actual situation of "training" that the people concerned talk about ...

Regarding the training that the company was conducting, the people concerned testified to the actual situation in response to an interview with NHK.

According to the people concerned, the training has been held remotely almost every weekday since May last year, and at the beginning, the instructor's employee explained the culture and history of each country, but gradually only broadcast TV programs and YouTube videos. It means that it has changed to the contents of.

On the other hand, the training is conditional on the employees being closed, but in reality, many employees came to the office from around July last year and decided to participate in the training and were doing normal work.

The person concerned testified, "Since I was instructed to go to work, I was busy with work and could not watch the training video."

Also, participants in the training must submit a report to the Labor Department, but the company has instructed them to check for any indication that they were working during the training. ..

Regarding the report, the person concerned said, "A specific employee watched a video, wrote a report, shared it internally, and each submitted a slightly different sentence. The boss said," A specific employee said. I was instructed not to understand what I was writing. ”My boss also went to work every day, so my boss's report was sometimes supplemented by employees of his subordinates.”