雇調金支給額、５兆円超　コロナで急増、保険料引き上げも―厚労省

　厚生労働省は１３日、新型コロナウイルス対策で特例措置を適用している雇用調整助成金（緊急雇用安定助成金を含む）の支給決定額が、コロナ流行後の２０２０年３月からの累計で５兆円を超えたと明らかにした。特例措置で支給額が急増した。政府は追加財源の投入を決めたが、雇用保険の財政状況は厳しく、来年度の保険料率引き上げは避けられない状況だ。（2021/12/13-19:12）

Japan's labor ministry revealed Monday that the cumulative amount of employment adjustment subsidies provided or set to be provided by the Japanese government has exceeded 5 trillion yen since March 2020.
   The amount increased after the government introduced a special measure under its employment adjustment subsidy program to help businesses maintain jobs amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
   The government has decided to inject additional funds into the program. Inevitably, however, the employment insurance premium rate will have to be raised next fiscal year, as the financial situation of the insurance system remains severe.
   Under the employment adjustment subsidy program, the government shoulders part of the leave allowances that companies pay to workers put on paid leave. The ministry has raised the rate and daily limit for the subsidies as a special measure amid the pandemic.
   As a result, the cumulative amount of employment adjustment subsidies that have been decided to be paid totaled 5,046.2 billion yen from March 2020 to Friday.