コロナ解雇、１０万人超える　製造業や小売りで多く―雇用不安収まらず・厚労省

　厚生労働省が８日公表した集計結果によると、新型コロナウイルス感染症の影響による解雇・雇い止め（見込みを含む）の人数が、累計で１０万人を超えた。７日時点で１０万４２５人。業種別では製造業や小売り・飲食業が多い。感染の「第４波」が迫る中で収束の道筋は見いだせておらず、これら業種を中心に雇用不安は収まりそうにない情勢だ。
　解雇や雇い止めは、昨年春の緊急事態宣言に伴う経済活動の停滞を受け急拡大。その後は月１万人前後の高水準で推移し、８月に累計５万人を超えた。秋以降は増加の勢いが弱まり月５０００人台が続いたが、年度末に当たる今年３月は９０００人台に跳ね上がった。
　２日時点の業種別集計によると、累計では製造業が２万人を超えて最も多く、小売り、飲食、宿泊もそれぞれ１万人台。都道府県別では東京、大阪、愛知の順に多かった。非正規雇用の労働者は全体の半数程度とみられる。（2021/04/08-10:59）

Over 100,000 people in Japan have been dismissed or seen their employment contracts terminated without renewal due to the impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic, a labor ministry tally showed Thursday.
   The cumulative total, including those expected to receive such treatment, stood at 100,425 as of Wednesday, after topping 50,000 in August last year.
   Observers say employment insecurity is likely to remain high especially among workers of manufacturing, retail and restaurant industries, hit hard by the pandemic, as the country is about to be engulfed in a fourth wave of infections.
   The number of dismissals and contract terminations rose sharply after the government's first state of emergency over the virus was put in place in spring last year and led to the stagnation of economic activities.
   After adding up to around 10,000 in each month through August 2020, dismissals and contract terminations somewhat decreased to total about 5,000-6,000 per month in autumn and later. But the figure rebounded above 9,000 in March this year, the final month of fiscal 2020.