コロナ解雇、５万人超え　非正規中心に月１万人増加―厚労省

　新型コロナウイルス感染症の影響による解雇者数が８月末に累計５万人を超えたことが１日、分かった。非正規労働者を中心に５月以降、月１万人前後のペースで増えている。感染拡大の収束は見通せず、経済再開の動きは緩慢で、雇用情勢の先行きは厳しい。
　厚生労働省は、ハローワークなどを通じて把握した雇い止めを含む解雇者数について集計している。それによると、解雇者数は８月末時点で計５万３２６人。５月から７月までの３カ月間は月１万人を超え、８月も約９０００人と高水準だった。同省が把握できるのは一部にとどまり、実際の数はさらに多い。
　８月２８日までの１週間の集計では、解雇者全体のうち６割超が非正規労働者だった。業種別では製造業が最も多く、小売業が続く。（2020/09/01-19:01）

The number of people dismissed from their jobs due to the impact of the novel coronavirus epidemic totaled 50,326 in Japan as of Monday, the government said Tuesday.
   The number of such people, mainly nonregular workers, grew by more than 10,000 every month between May and July and by 9,000 in August, according to a labor ministry survey.
   There are more people discharged from their jobs due to the epidemic as the survey did not cover the whole of the employment situation in the country.
   Of those dismissed during the week through Friday, over 60 pct were nonregular workers, according to the survey, conducted mainly through Hello Work public job placement offices nationwide.
   By industry, the largest group of fired employees worked in the manufacturing sector. The retail sector came next.