Gunma Expands Wage Increase Support Program for Small and Medium Businesses.

Breaking news "Gunma Prefecture".
By AI from "Isesaki FM".

Gunma Prefecture has revised its wage increase support system for small and medium-sized enterprises, expanding it to include small businesses.
Starting in April of this year, this system utilizes special national grants to provide 50,000 yen per employee, up to a maximum of 1 million yen, to both full-time and non-regular employees if small and medium-sized enterprises in the prefecture implement a wage increase of 5% or more.
However, in response to concerns from small businesses that a 5% wage increase would be difficult,
the prefecture has decided to provide 30,000 yen per employee to small businesses with 20 or fewer employees, even if they increase wages by 3% or more.