[May 18, 2021 Tokyo]

A subsidiary of JAC Recruitment Co., Ltd. (President: Ken Matsuzono, Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo), an industry leader that operates recruitment businesses in 11 countries around the world, and operates a recruitment business in India. JAC Recruitment India conducted a survey of 117 Japanese companies doing business in India regarding their temporary return to home due to the spread of the novel coronavirus in India. As a result, it became clear that half of the companies instructed their Japanese employees to temporarily return to their home countries, and that 70% of the companies that received such instructions instructed all Japanese employees to temporarily return to their home countries. .

Please refer to the PDF version of the press release below.

https://www.atpress.ne.jp/releases/259259/att_259259_1.pdf

Have you been instructed to return to Japan temporarily from the head office?

●With the spread of the new coronavirus infection in India, we conducted a questionnaire on the situation of temporary return to 117 Japanese companies operating in India. As a result, 50% of the total instructed Japanese employees to return to Japan temporarily, and 70% of them instructed all Japanese employees to temporarily return to Japan.

●When returning to Japan, the most common answer was “maintaining the quality of on-site operations.”

Persons of companies that issued temporary return orders

In India, the spread of infection due to mutated strains continues, and as of mid-May, more than 300,000 new infections have occurred every day, creating a crisis situation. We are taking steps to ensure the safety of our employees. The Japanese employees who were instructed to return to Japan this time include not only expatriates dispatched from Japan, but also Japanese employees hired locally.

In India, as a countermeasure against the new coronavirus, curfew measures were issued in the Delhi Territory and Baryana State from mid to late April, and three major Japanese automobile factories also decided to suspend production. In early May, border control measures were implemented in Japan, and in mid-May, companies and governments are rushing to take measures, such as taking measures to deny entry to the country, in principle, except for Japanese returnees.

In India, the economy has been recovering since the second half of 2020, and in the first quarter of 2021, many companies are looking ahead to the economic recovery this year, and recruitment activities have increased to a level similar to that before the outbreak of the new coronavirus. . However, just as the economy was expected to recover in the future, the situation again fell into serious trouble.

In addition, as shown in the graph below, the majority of the reasons why Japanese companies instructed to return to Japan are the increase in the number of infected people and the collapse of the local medical system. In addition, when returning to Japan and there are no Japanese employees locally, the most common concern was "maintaining the quality of on-site operations", followed by "declining sales activities". At the same time, it became clear that localization, which entrusts local human resources with business operations, is a challenge, as many of the local Japanese companies are operated mainly by Japanese employees.

Criteria for issuing return instructions (multiple answers)

Concerns about the management of local subsidiaries when returning to Japan (multiple answers)

■ Comment from Kazuo Komaki, President of JAC Recruitment India

The current situation in India due to the spread of the new coronavirus is becoming more serious day by day. When I asked companies about the situation, most companies seemed to be considering temporarily returning Japanese employees to Japan. Even if they are instructed to temporarily return to Japan, there are companies that send their staff-class employees back to India and leave their management in India because the local business is still operating.

In addition, even if Japanese employees in India temporarily return to Japan, there are some people who are worried about the eyes of those around them who say "I came back from India" after returning home, and there are a certain number of people who do not want to return to Japan temporarily. To do.

Survey overview: In the spread of new coronavirus infection in India

About the temporary return status of Japanese companies

Survey target: Personnel and managers of Japanese companies operating in India

Sample: 117 companies

Survey method: Internet survey

Implementation period: May 6 to May 10, 2021

■ JAC Recruitment Co., Ltd.

Established in 1988. We are one of the largest companies in Japan specializing in recruitment, listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. One of our strengths is the introduction of personnel with international business experience, and more than 50% of our total sales are from the global domain, centered on the overseas business of foreign-affiliated companies and Japanese companies. We support the recruitment of human resources overseas at bases in the UK, Germany, and eight Asian countries. For more detailed information, please refer to the following website.

[URL] http://corp.jac-recruitment.jp (Corporate site)

http://www.jac-recruitment.jp (job change site)