Regarding the special measures for employment adjustment subsidies, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has decided to gradually reduce the maximum daily subsidy amount from January next year.
On the other hand, we plan to continue the current special measures until the end of March next year for companies whose sales have decreased significantly.
The employment adjustment subsidy is a system in which a part of the leave allowance is subsidized when the company keeps employment of employees. According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the amount paid from February to November 12 last year was 4.8 trillion yen. It's climbing too much.
Special measures have been continued for companies affected by the new coronavirus. Currently, the maximum daily subsidy amount is 13,500 yen, and the maximum subsidy rate is 90% for small and medium-sized companies. Companies have been raised to 75%.
Of these, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has decided to gradually reduce the daily upper limit from January next year.
It will be 11,000 yen in January and February, and 9000 yen in March.
On the other hand, for companies whose average sales for the last three months have decreased by 30% or more compared to before the Corona disaster, the maximum daily amount is set to 15,000 yen, and the subsidy rate is either large companies or small and medium-sized companies. Special measures have been taken to raise the maximum to 100%.
This will continue until the end of March next year.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare says, "We have decided to gradually lower the upper limit so as not to hinder the movement of the labor force to growth fields. We would like to continue to support companies that continue to be difficult to manage."
To strengthen corporate performance check
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has decided to request companies that use employment adjustment subsidies to submit documents certifying the deterioration of business performance again when applying for special measures such as leave of absence after January next year. rice field.
It is said that it will strengthen the check because it is possible that companies that do not meet the requirements for special measures due to improved business performance may receive the subsidy as it is.