Employment Insurance
- Japanese
- 雇用保険
This system is designed to provide necessary benefits when a worker loses their job or when it becomes difficult to continue employment.
Benefits, Systems
Type of benefits
- Unemployment benefits (basic allowance) and unemployment benefits (for sick leave)
- Re-employment benefits
- Educational training benefits
- Continuous employment benefits
- Vocational training
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Eligible People / Non Eligible People
In principle, Everybody has to take out this insurance except the workers that are classed as non-insured (see below):
Those who are classed as uninsured:
- Someone on a working holiday that the status of residence is "specific activity"
- Public servants of national/prefectural/municipalities and people who work in similar jobs to these ・ People with less than 20 hours of prescribed working hours per week
- People who always work on short-term employment contacts which are 30 days or less
- People who are employed in seasonal businesses and are hired for 4 months or less, or those who work between 20 hours to 30 hours of prescribed working hours per week.
- Day laborers who are not insured for day labor insurance
- Daytime students
- Insured people of Shipmen’s Social Insurance
When your company doesn't let their employees take out employment insurance.
You can complete a confirmation of qualification that you can submit to the government when you are qualified but your company doesn't enroll you in the insurance scheme.
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Payment Amount
Insurance fee
Employment insurance premiums are borne by the worker and the company. The insurance premium paid by the worker is deducted from the salary. The following is the burden rate of workers.
Salary x burden rate = worker burden
| Burden rate | |
| General business | 3/1000 |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | 4/1000 |
| Sake production | 4/1000 |
| Construction | 4/1000 |
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Others (Note,important Points, Points)
★ This insurance is different from health insurance and company pension for seasonal workers. There are other occupations that are also not enrolled.
★ Ski instructors with a 4-month employment contract are not eligible for enrolment in this insurance even if they have health insurance .