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| Reduced waiting time for the Statutory Sick Pay, including measures for the self-employed | united kingdom | 12.03.2020 The Budget announces measures to support people who are unable to work because of COVID-19. Eligibility for Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) – The Prime Minister has already announced that the forthcoming COVID-19 Bill will temporarily allow SSP to be paid from the first… |
Eligibility for Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) – The Prime Minister has already announced that the forthcoming COVID-19 Bill will temporarily allow SSP to be paid from the first day of sickness absence, rather than the fourth day, for people who have COVID-19 or have to self‑isolate, in accordance… |
Cash sickness benefits | covid19, self-employed | Published Measures summary | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/budget-2020-documents/budget-2020 | mmarquez | ||
| Karenzfrist für die Kurzarbeit with auf eine Tag reduziert | switzerland | Bern, 13.03.2020 Für die Kurzarbeitsentschädigung können im Fonds der Arbeitslosenversicherung bis 8 Milliarden Franken beansprucht werden. Die Karenzfrist für die Kurzarbeit wird ab sofort bis 30. September 2020 auf einen Tag reduziert. Die Unternehmen haben so nur den… |
Unemployment | covid19 | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19 | https://www.admin.ch/gov/de/start/dokumentation/medienmitteilungen/bundesrat.ms… | mmarquez | |||
| Waiting day to qualify for paid sick leave is temporarily abolished | sweden | 13.03.2020 As a result of the new corona virus, the government has announced that the pending deduction is temporarily canceled by the state paying sickness benefit for the first day of the illness. The aim of the measure is ultimately to reduce the spread of infection in society. The… |
Occupational accidents and diseases | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19 | https://www.regeringen.se/pressmeddelanden/2020/03/tillfalligt-slopat-karensavd… | mmarquez | ||||
| Philippines: DSWD suspends cash grants over COVID | philippines, the | philstar.com (17.03.2020) The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has temporarily suspended the cash grants to beneficiaries of its poverty alleviation program in order to help prevent the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The agency suspended the payouts for the… |
Social assistance | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19 | https://www.philstar.com/nation/2020/03/17/2001458/dswd-suspends-cash-grants-ov… | mmarquez | |||
| España: El Gobierno facilitará el acceso al desempleo a los autónomos perjudicados por el Covid-19 | spain | elconfidencial.com (12.03.2020) El Gobierno garantizará el acceso a la prestación por cese de actividad (el paro de los autónomos) a todos los cotizantes del RETA que hayan sufrido una fuerte caída en su cifra de actividad como consecuencia del brote de la… |
- Access to the unemployment benefit for the self-employed that contribute to the RETA. This benefit aims to be an equivalent of the usual unemployment benefit for employees. - Deferral of payment of social security contributions for the self-employed for up to 3 months payable within a… |
Los autónomos son “el eslabón más débil de la cadena productiva”, explica Lorenzo Amor, presidente de ATA. Ellos son quienes más sufren por la caída de la demanda o el cierre de los mercados de crédito, ya que no cuentan con margen para adaptarse. De ahí que vayan a ser uno |
Unemployment, Contribution collection and compliance | covid19, self-employed | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://www.elconfidencial.com/economia/2020-03-12/desempleo-autonomos-cese-act… | mmarquez | |
| Additional children care allowance | poland | zus.pl (23.0.2020) Additional care allowance is granted for the duration of childcare in connection with the closing of a crèche, children's club, kindergarten, school due to COVID-19. Additional care allowance is payable to parents or legal guardians of children who: ⇒ look after a… |
Additional care allowance is granted for the duration of childcare in connection with the closing of a crèche, children's club, kindergarten, school due to COVID-19. Additional care allowance is payable to parents or legal guardians of children who: ⇒ look after a child under 8… |
Children | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://www.zus.pl/ | mmarquez | ||
| Sick leave does not require personal attendance for coronavirus | norway | 16.03.2020 Sick leave does not require personal attendance NAV accepts sick leave without personal examination when it comes to infectious disease that is of importance to public health. NAV encourages patients to use the telephone. E-consultation can also be a suitable form of… |
Health insurance, Occupational accidents and diseases | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19 | https://www.nav.no/no/nav-og-samfunn/samarbeid/leger-og-andre-behandlere/nyhete… | mmarquez | ||||
| Government's immediate measures to curb the economic effects of the coronavirus - regjeringen.no | norway | In this first phase, the government has prioritized the following measures:
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Old-age pensions, Unemployment | covid19 | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19 | https://www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/regjeringens-strakstiltak-for-a-dempe-de-… | mmarquez | |||
| The Netherlands introduces a temporary permit that reduces working time | netherlands | jdsupra.com (16.03.2020) If the activities of the company are strongly affected by COVID-19, employers can apply for a permit for a reduction in working time (werktijdverkorting) at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment. This means that employees will temporarily work reduced… |
Employment | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19 | https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/employment-alert-covid-19-netherlands-39563/ | mmarquez | |||
| Malaysia: Govt launches COVID-19 fund to help patients and others affected | malaysia | pmo.gov.my (11.03.2020) UTRAJAYA. The Perikatan Nasional (PN) government today launched a special fund which will give financial aid to those directly affected by the COVID-19 infection. Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said for a start, RM1 million had been channelled into the fund to… |
RM 1 million for social assistance is targeted to unemployed persons infected with the virus or under 14-days quarantine. |
Social assistance | covid19 | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://www.pmo.gov.my/2020/03/govt-launches-covid-19-fund-to-help-patients-and… | mmarquez | ||
| South Korea unveils $13.7b stimulus package to fight coronavirus | korea, Republic of | straitstimes.com (04.03.2020) Some 2.3 trillion won will be allocated to medical institutions and fund quarantine efforts, with another 3.0 trillion won going to small- to medium-sized businesses struggling to pay wages to their workers, and child care subsidies, the finance ministry said. Loans… |
Employment | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19 | https://www.straitstimes.com/business/economy/south-korea-unveils-137b-stimulus… | mmarquez | |||
| Brasil: Gobierno brasileño anticipará pago del tercer salario para jubilados y aumenta número de beneficiarios a Bolsa Familia | brazil | europapress.es (16.03.2020) Brasil inyectará 26.705 millones por el coronavirus. Se destinarán hasta 83.400 millones de reales (15.140 millones de euros) a la población más vulnerable, un total de 59.400 millones de reales (10.778 millones de euros) al mantenimiento de puestos de trabajo y… |
The payments for pensioners with the National Institute of Social Security (INSS) will be anticipated to April (before payments would have been in August). |
Brasil inyectará 26.705 millones por el coronavirus |
Old-age pensions | covid19, service delivery | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://www.europapress.es/economia/macroeconomia-00338/noticia-brasil-inyectar… | mmarquez | |
| US:House Passes Bill To Allow For Paid Leave, Testing & Tax Credits To Lessen Impact Of Coronavirus | United States | (14.03.2020) As part of the response, the House passed H.R. 6201, Families First Coronavirus Response Act. Here are some of the highlights in the bill:
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As numbers of confirmed cases of COVID-19 continue to increase in the United States, the federal government is taking actions to reduce the impact on individual and business taxpayers. COVID-19 is the official name for the infectious disease caused by the most recently discovered coronavi |
Cash sickness benefits, Health insurance, Unemployment, Social assistance | covid19, self-employed | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2020/03/14/house-bill-would-allow… | pmassetti | |
| COVID-19 and the Canadian workforce | canada | Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (16.03.2020) Reforming EI to protect more workers. This paper examines how well protected Canadian workers are now and what else should be done to better insulate them from these risks. |
Unemployment | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19 | https://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/reports/covid-19-and-canadian-wo… | pmassetti | |||
| Updates on China Social Security Policies | china | KPMG China (15.03.2020) Hubei Province : Between February and June 2020: All enterprises enrolled in China Social Security Schemes are exempt from making employer contributions to pension, unemployment and work-related injury insurance schemes. |
Between February and June 2020: All enterprises enrolled in China Social Security Schemes are exempt from making employer contributions to pension, unemployment and work-related injury insurance schemes. |
Contribution collection and compliance | brics, covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://home.kpmg/cn/en/home/insights/2020/02/china-tax-alert-15.html | pmassetti | ||
| Canada: How EI benefits for COVID-19 quarantines will work under the new rules | canada | National Post (13.03.2020) Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced changes to Canada’s sick-leave benefits under employment insurance Wednesday, to respond to concerns about COVID-19 |
Unemployment | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19 | https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/canada-sick-leave-ei-benefits-coronavirus | pmassetti | |||
| Coronavirus testing now covered by Japan's national insurance | japan | japantimes.co.jp (06.03.2020) Amid mounting criticism over the low number of people who have been tested for COVID-19 in Japan compared to its neighboring countries, screenings are being covered from Friday by the national health insurance in an effort to increase testing. |
Health, Health promotion, Health insurance | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19 | https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/03/06/national/science-health/covid-19-t… | mmarquez | |||
| Ireland: New Unemployment Payment | ireland | citizensinformation.ie (March 2020) COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment is a new social welfare payment for employees and self-employed people who are unemployed or who have their hours of work reduced during the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. This includes people who have been put on part-… |
COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment is a new social welfare payment for employees and self-employed people who are unemployed or who have their hours of work reduced during the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. This includes people who have been put on part-time or casual work. It will be paid… |
COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment is a new social welfare payment of €350 a week for employees and self-employed people who have lost employment due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. You ca |
Cash sickness benefits, Unemployment | covid19, self-employed | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/social_welfare_payments/un… | mmarquez | |
| Japan: Employment Adjustment Subsidy: Qualifications relaxed to support business impacted from the novel Coronavirus infection | japan | Anshin Immigration & Social Security (27.02.2020) Employment Adjustment Subsidy is to support employers who are suffered from the business downturn but maintain employment by paying leave allowance and letting employees take partly paid leave, rather than firing them. The subsidy reimburses… |
Unemployment | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19 | https://en.an-japan.com/2020/02/27/emp-subsidy/ | pmassetti | |||
| Ireland reduces waiting periods and increases the illness benefit | ireland | Gov.ie (12.03.2020) The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection are introducing measures to provide income support to people affected by COVID-19 (Coronavirus). 3 major changes have been announced:
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The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection are introducing measures to provide income support to people affected by COVID-19 (Coronavirus). 3 major changes have been announced:
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The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection are introducing measures to provide income support to people affected by COVID-19 (Coronavirus). 3 major changes have been announced:
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Cash sickness benefits | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/99104a-covid-19-coronavirus/ | mmarquez | |
| La justice française saisit 3 millions d'euros à Deliveroo pour travail dissimulé - L'Express | france | Une enquête vise la plateforme de livraison de repas, soupçonnée d'exécution de travail dissimulé à l'encontre de plusieurs personnes et de recours abusif à des CDD. |
Deliveroo, qui revendiquait en septembre dernier des revenus de 95 millions d'euros en France, en hausse de 63%, s'est vu retirer cette somme directement sur son compte bancaire parisien, lors d'une saisie pénale. D'après les informations du quotidien, celle-ci correspond à une partie des cotisat |
Employment, Employment policies, Employment of young workers, Error, evasion and fraud | digital platforms | Proposition_SS_Monitor | https://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/societe/justice/la-justice-francaise-saisit-3… | gfilhon | ||
| Le krach boursier menace les retraites dans de nombreux pays | Selon le Congressional Budget Office (CBO), les fonds auraient perdu au total 2 000 milliards de dollars en quinze mois (20 % de leur valeur). Les célèbres CalPERS et CalSTRS, dédiés au financement des retraites des fonctionnaires et professeurs de Californie, ont fondu de 26 % et 10 % depuis… |
Aujourd'hui la tempête financière dévoile les failles de tout le système", conclut l'économiste Thomas Philippon, professeur à l'université de New York. Les plans garantis "mettent en difficultés les entreprises. General Motors en souffre dramatiquement aujourd'hui", indiqu |
Old-age pensions, Pensions | adequacy, covid19, economic crisis, social security education, sustainability, Universal Social Protection | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19 | https://www.lemonde.fr/la-crise-financiere/article/2008/10/29/le-krach-boursier… | gfilhon | |||
| Germany: Easier access to short-time work allowance | germany | Federal Government (10.03.2020) The spread of the coronavirus is a major challenge for the economy and the labour market. To address this effectively, the German government has adopted a bill that will facilitate access to short-time work allowance. |
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"Our goal is to ensure that, in this situation, as far as possible no job and no company sustains lasting damage," declared Federal Labour Minister Hubertus Heil on Tuesday at a press conference with Federal Economic Affairs Minister Peter Altmaier. That is why the government is taking swift, unb |
Employment, Contribution collection and compliance | covid19 | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-en/search/kabinett-kurzarbeitergeld-1729898 | pmassetti | |
| France: Covid-19 : des arrêts de travail simplifiés pour les salariés contraints de garder leurs enfants | france | ameli.fr (13.03.2020) Un téléservice, « declare.ameli.fr », est mis en place par l’Assurance Maladie pour permettre aux employeurs de déclarer leurs salariés contraints de rester à domicile suite à la fermeture de l’établissement accueillant leur enfant, sans possibilité de télétravail. Cette… |
Health insurance | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19 | https://www.ameli.fr/ain/assure/actualites/covid-19-des-arrets-de-travail-simpl… | pmassetti | |||
| An effective economic response to the Coronavirus in Europe | Europe | bruegel.org (12.03.2020) 'Whatever it takes' needs to be the motto to preserve lives and reduce the impact on the economy of the epidemic. |
covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.bruegel.org/2020/03/economic-response-coronavirus/ | pmassetti |