Regarding the "employment adjustment subsidy" for companies affected by the new coronavirus, the number of fraudulent receipts confirmed by September this year was 920 cases nationwide, worth more than 13.5 billion yen, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. I found out in my research.
The Employment Adjustment Subsidy is a system that subsidizes part of the leave allowance when a company leaves its employees on leave, and companies affected by the new corona have special measures to raise the subsidy limit and subsidy rate. increase.
As the impact of the corona virus is prolonged, the amount of payment determined after the special measures were established has exceeded 6 trillion yen, but there are some cases such as receiving subsidies by pretending that working employees have been rested. Fraud is also on the rise.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, since the introduction of special measures two years ago, there have been 920 fraudulent receipts confirmed by the end of September this year, amounting to 13.588 billion yen.
Regarding this, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare believes that the background is that the procedure has been simplified, such as reducing the number of documents in order to quickly pay subsidies.
It is said that companies that have received fraudulently have to return the extra amount as a penalty, and have collected about 10.2 billion yen so far.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is striving to prevent and detect fraud by conducting strict examinations and strengthening cooperation with on-site inspections and investigative agencies.
More than 1.69 billion yen provided that exceeds leave allowances Board of Audit
Regarding the "employment adjustment subsidy", at least 25 companies were found to have paid more than the paid leave allowance, and the excess amount was over 1.69 billion yen. I understand.
According to the Board of Audit, under the current calculation method, some companies have a mechanism to subsidize the part that is not subject to payment of leave allowance.
In addition, the fact that the upper limit of the subsidy has been raised as a special measure is also one of the reasons for the increase in the excess amount.
The Board of Audit is requesting the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare to review the calculation method for the amount paid.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said, ``Based on the indications, we would like to grasp the actual situation and proceed with consideration of a subsidy method that does not exceed as much as possible.