UK wage support First day more than 140,000 applications New Coronavirus April 21 4:59
On the 20th in the UK, the government started accepting a system in which the government will take over 80% of the wages for companies and stores that continue to employ employees even if there are no jobs due to the influence of the new coronavirus, and completed the application on the first day The number of operators exceeds 140,000.
In the UK, other than stores that sell daily necessities, normal sales have been discontinued, and some manufacturers have been forced to stop or reduce production.
In order to maintain employment in such an environment, the British government will target 80% of wages for employees who continue to hire employees even if there are no jobs up to 2,500 pounds a month, about 340,000 yen per employee. I decided to do it.
The application for the scheme began to be accepted on the website on the 20th, and Finance Minister Snak announced at a press conference that the number of businesses who applied for it by the evening of the first day exceeded 140,000.
"It will help pay wages to over one million employees who may have lost their jobs," Snack said. The subsidy is supposed to be paid to the operator within 6 business days.
On the other hand, some people are worried about the cash flow of business establishments that are not in time for this month's wages.