雇用調整金、上限引き上げへ　安倍首相が指示―西村再生相

　西村康稔経済再生担当相は３日、フジテレビの番組に出演し、新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大を受け、休業手当を支払って従業員を休ませた企業に支給する雇用調整助成金の上限額について、安倍晋三首相が引き上げを指示していることを明らかにした。現在は１人１日当たり８３３０円だが、今後取りまとめる２次補正予算案を念頭に検討を進める。
　西村氏は引き上げに関し、「（過去に）さかのぼって措置を取る」と説明。助成金は企業が負担する雇用保険料から支払われるが、引き上げる場合は一般会計から拠出する案も浮上している。（2020/05/03-17:06）

The Japanese government will raise the ceiling on employment adjustment subsidies given to companies that put workers on temporary paid leave, economic revitalization minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said in a television program on Sunday.
   Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has ordered the ceiling increase amid widespread economic impacts of the coronavirus outbreak, according to Nishimura.
   The government will work on lifting the ceiling, currently set at 8,330 yen per person per day, with a view to securing necessary funds through the envisaged second supplementary budget for fiscal 2020.
   "The ceiling hike will take effect retroactively," Nishimura said.
   While the subsidies are usually covered by employment insurance premiums paid by companies, the government is making arrangements to use its general account to finance the subsidy program, which is designed to cover costs at companies paying leave allowances to employees, in case the ceiling is raised.