雇用保険料、引き上げ検討　雇調金急増、財源逼迫―厚労省

　厚生労働省が雇用保険の保険料率を２０２２年度にも引き上げる検討に入ることが２８日、分かった。新型コロナウイルス感染拡大に伴い、企業が従業員に支払う休業手当の一部を助成する雇用調整助成金（雇調金）の支給が急増し、財源が逼迫（ひっぱく）しているのが主因。今後、労働政策審議会（厚労相の諮問機関）で具体的な料率などを議論する見通しだ。
　雇用保険は、労働者が仕事を失った際に給付される失業者向けと、雇調金など雇用安定・能力開発の事業に大きく分けられる。財源は、失業者向けが労使折半の保険料と国庫負担で、雇用安定・能力開発は企業の保険料などでそれぞれ賄われる。（2021/07/28-20:47）

Japan's labor ministry will begin considering raising employment insurance premiums from fiscal 2022 at the earliest, it was learned Wednesday.
   The move is due to financial strains caused by a surge in employment adjustment subsidy payment amid the novel coronavirus crisis, informed sources said.
   The Labor Policy Council, which advises the labor minister, is expected to enter discussions on specific premium rates.
   The Japanese employment insurance program consists of unemployment insurance for people who have lost their jobs and arrangements for stabilizing employment and developing talent, which includes the employment adjustment subsidy.
   Under the employment adjustment subsidy system, the state shoulders part of the leave allowances that companies pay to furloughed workers.