Home » Legal developments » National legislation » Japan: record amounts in additional budget directed to saving jobs Japan: record amounts in additional budget directed to saving jobs On 12 June, Japan's Diet parliament, approved a second record budget of almost 32 trillion yen (€262 billion) to ‘improve the government's measures designed to protect lives and livelihoods from Covid-19 and to accelerate economic recovery.’ Included in the budget’s categories are several provisions concerning support for maintaining employment, which although largely intended for enterprises also include direct payments to employees. Through . Published on 17 June 2020 à 12h29 - Update on 17 June 2020 à 12h29 Resources This second round of extraordinary expenditure comes just six weeks after a first tranche of JPY 25,690 billion (€212 billion) was released, and forms part of the major public spending plan agreed in April, totaling JPY 117,100 billion (€964 billion), or 21% of Japan’s GNP, 75% of which is being earmarked for this second chapter of the emergency package entitled,… Managing the fallout of Covid-19 Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst name Last name Organization Function email* Object of the message Your messageRGPD J’accepte la politique de confidentialité.CommentsThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Les dernières publications Supporting parenthood in the workplace: a win-win strategy Supporting employee carers: a CSR challenge Analyzes Les dernières publications Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels