For Employers Using the Specific Job Seeker Employment Development Subsidy

✅ Special Provisions for the Specific Job Seeker Employment Development Subsidy

The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has issued guidance regarding special provisions that prevent the reduction of the Specific Job Seeker Employment Development Subsidy payment amount. For the Specific Job Seeker Employment Development Subsidy (excluding the Course for First-time Employment of Persons with Disabilities), the payment amount is reduced if the actual working hours of the target worker fall below a certain standard. However, in cases where actual working hours have decreased due to the impact of COVID-19, a special provision will be implemented to treat this as "an unavoidable reason such as a natural disaster" and not apply the reduction (this applies to cases where actual working hours decreased on or after January 24, 2020).

◎ If you qualify for the special provision, the amount shown in the table below will be paid per payment period (6 months).
※ Amounts in parentheses are for companies other than small and medium-sized enterprises.

✅ Please Note

○ If actual working hours have decreased due to reasons other than COVID-19, you are not eligible for this special provision.
○ If the payment period and the wages covered by the subsidy overlap for the same target worker, you cannot receive this in combination with other subsidies such as the Employment Adjustment Subsidy.

① If the Specific Job Seeker Employment Development Subsidy has already been paid at a reduced amount
→ The Labor Bureau will pay the difference.
※ The Labor Bureau may ask for the reasons for the leave, etc.

② If you received other subsidies (*) in anticipation of a reduction in the Specific Job Seeker Employment Development Subsidy, but wish to change to the Specific Job Seeker Employment Development Subsidy from the other subsidy already received due to the implementation of this special provision
→ Please apply for the Specific Job Seeker Employment Development Subsidy between January 4 and March 31, 2021. At that time, please attach a consent form for the recovery of the already paid subsidy and a statement explaining that the decrease in actual working hours was due to the impact of COVID-19 (an example of the statement is provided).

③ If you are going to apply for the subsidy from now on
→ Please apply for the desired subsidy based on these special provisions.

✅ Example of Statement Form

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