Five grants available when hiring foreigners

In this columnSubsidies available when hiring foreignersI summarized about.
Please use this information as it will be useful for companies recruiting and employing foreigners.

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There are various types of grants and subsidies,There are no public subsidies or subsidies that are only related to foreign employment..
However, for subsidies aimed at increasing employment and developing human resources,Can also be used when hiring foreignersMostly things.

The subsidy is funded by employment insurance and aims to increase employment and develop human resources.
Some of the grants are the same as when hiring Japanese people.Some items can be applied for when hiring foreigners.
Here we will introduce five of these grants.

▼ Subsidy to support securing human resources, etc. (Subsidy course for improving the working environment for foreign workers)

Foreign workers tend to have problems with working conditions, dismissal, etc. due to a lack of knowledge about Japan's labor laws and employment practices, as well as language differences.
"Subsidy to support securing human resources (Subsidy course for improving the working environment for foreign workers)'' will subsidize a portion of the expenses for employers who are working to maintain a workplace for foreign workers by creating a working environment that takes into account the unique circumstances of foreign workers.

The following five types of expenses will be covered:

• ・Interpretation fee
• ・Translation equipment introduction fee (up to 10 yen)
• ・Translation fee
• ・Consignment fees for lawyers, social insurance and labor consultants, etc.
  　(Limited to commission fees required for measures to improve the working environment for foreign workers)
• ・Installation/repair costs for in-house signs
  　(Limited to multilingual signs)

For more information,Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare pagePlease confirm.

▼ Employment adjustment subsidy

"Employment adjustment subsidy” can be used when hiring foreigners.
Employers who are forced to downsize their business due to economic downturns or other economic reasons can avoid layoffs by temporarily suspending their employees, subsidizing the costs of training or seconding employees. This is a grant for the purpose of
In other words, it is a subsidy for adjusting employment (leave of absence, education and training, secondment, etc.) so that business owners who cannot avoid business reduction can avoid immediate dismissal and other personnel reductions.
When applying, it is necessary to prepare and submit a "Notice of Implementation Plan (Change) for Leave, etc." or "Seconded Implementation Plan" or "Application for Employment Adjustment Subsidy (Leave, etc.) Payment" according to the content of the application. ..

In order to make this application, the employer and employee must meet the following conditions.

1. ① Be a small business owner and worker who is enrolled in employment insurance.
2. ② The average monthly sales or production volume of the business for the most recent three months has decreased by 3% or more compared to the same period of the previous year.
3. ③ The planned leave of absence, secondment, etc. are based on the labor-management agreement.
4. ④ The worker has been employed at the same workplace for at least 6 months until the day before he or she starts taking leave or being seconded.

For more information,Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare’s Employment Adjustment Subsidy GuidebookPlease confirm.

As the same policy as this employment adjustment subsidy, "SME emergency employment stability subsidy' has also been created.
Both have the same policy, butDifference in the amount of subsidy payment.

▼ Human resource development support subsidy

" Human resource development support subsidy” is a subsidy issued for the cost of vocational training for workers. This can also be used to hire foreigners.
The aim is to help employees develop their careers by subsidizing them to take courses to acquire specialized knowledge and skills related to their job duties.

There are seven types of courses, each with different payment amounts and content.

• ・Human resource development support course
• ・Course that grants educational training leave, etc.
• ・Investment promotion course in people
• ・Reskilling support course for business development, etc.
• ・ Construction worker certification training course
• ・ Construction worker technical intern training course
• ・ Vocational ability development course for persons with disabilities

For more information,Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare page

▼ Career improvement subsidy (full-time employee course)

"Career advancement grant(Permanent Employee Course) ”is to promote the career advancement of so-called non-regular workers such as courageous workers, part-time workers, and dispatched workers in the company.Subsidies provided to business owners who have implemented efforts to make non-regular workers full-time employees and improve treatment.
This can also be used to hire foreigners, and our company has used it several times.

The details of the payment are as follows.

Fixed-term employment → Regular employment

Small businesses: 1 yen (57 yen) per person Large companies: 72 yen (1 yen) per person

Fixed-term employment → Indefinite-term employment

Small businesses: 1 yen (28.5 yen) per person Large companies: 36 yen (1 yen) per person

Indefinite term employment → Regular employment

Small businesses: 1 yen (28.5 yen) per person Large companies: 36 yen (1 yen) per person

*( ) is the amount when productivity improvement is recognized
For more information,Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare page

▼ Trial employment subsidy (general trial course)

"Trial Employment Grant"" Is a subsidy provided to job seekers who find it difficult to find a stable job when they are hired for a certain period of time by being introduced by Hello Work or a employment agency.
The purpose is to determine the aptitude of job seekers who have difficulty in stable employment, eliminate employment mismatches, realize early employment, and create employment opportunities.

Depending on the status of residence, it cannot be denied that there is a possibility that the status of residence may be revoked by being eligible for this subsidy.However, it seems that it can also be used by companies that employ foreigners.
As a general rule, the amount paid is 1 yen per month per eligible worker (4 yen if the eligible worker is a mother in a single-parent household or a father in a single-parent household).
The payment period is a maximum of 1 months in one month increments from the date of employment of the person eligible for trial employment.
This subsidy will be paid in one lump sum for each month during the period covered by this subsidy.
For more information,Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare page

To the end

This time, we introduced the subsidies that you can apply for when hiring foreigners.
The subsidies listed above are mainly provided by social insurance and labor consultants.
If we do not have a social insurance labor consultant who can assist you, please contact us and we will introduce you to one.

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