The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has decided to continue the special measures for "employment adjustment subsidies" for areas where a state of emergency has been declared, saying that the severe employment situation continues until July.
We would like to decide what to do after August.
The "employment adjustment subsidy" is a system that subsidizes part of the leave allowance, etc., when a company maintains employment by taking employees off even if sales decrease.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the number of payment decisions made from February to May 21 last year was 3,424,985, amounting to 3.529 trillion yen.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has implemented special measures in some regions and companies to raise the daily subsidy limit to 15,000 yen and raise the subsidy rate to a maximum of 100% for both large and small companies.
Specifically, in the target areas of the "state of emergency" and "priority measures such as prevention of spread," companies that cooperate in taking leave or shortening business hours based on requests from local governments, sales in the last three months, etc. This applies to companies nationwide that have decreased by more than 30% compared to the previous year or two years ago.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has decided to continue this special measure until July, saying that the severe employment situation continues, such as the extension of the state of emergency.
In other regions and companies, the maximum daily subsidy is 13,500 yen, and the maximum subsidy rate is 90% for small and medium-sized enterprises and 75% for large enterprises. This level is set in July. Is to continue.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare wants to decide what to do after August, taking into account the employment situation.
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