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| Canada: Québec (Canada) Introduces Occupational Pension Plan | 2021-02-25 | canada | Social Security Agency (25.02.2021) On December 11, Québec's government approved a law introducing the Target Benefit Pension Plan (TBPP), an occupational pension plan that combines certain features of existing defined contribution (DC) and defined benefit (DB) plans. Like a DC plan, a TBPP is… |
Old-age pensions, Pensions | adequacy | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/intl_update/2021-02/index.html | mmarquez | ||
| Singapore: Introduction of Government Match for Provident Fund Catch-up Contributions | 2021-02-25 | singapore | Social Security Administration (25.02.2021) Singapore Introduces Government Match for Provident Fund Catch-up Contributions In January, Singapore's Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board introduced the Matched Retirement Savings Scheme, a program that provides a dollar-for-dollar government match of… |
Old-age pensions | contribution collection, managing reforms | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/intl_update/2021-02/index.html | mmarquez | ||
| Mexico: Reforms to the Mandatory Account Individual Account Program | 2021-02-25 | mexico | Social Security Association (25.02.2021) On January 1, Mexico's government implemented reforms to the country's mandatory individual account pension program that include increasing employer contributions, adjusting government contributions, reducing the minimum contributions required for an old-… |
Old-age pensions, Pensions | adequacy, managing reforms | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/intl_update/2021-02/index.html | mmarquez | ||
| Integrar a 100.000 adultos mayores al mundo digital | 2021-02-24 | argentina | La participación de los adultos mayores en actividades sociales, culturales, educativas y recreativas a través de las nuevas tecnologías contribuye a su integración plena en la vida de nuestra comunidad.… |
Information and communication technology, Population ageing | https://www.buenosaires.gob.ar/compromisos/integrar-100000-adultos-mayores-al-m… | rruggia | ||||
| The generational digital divide climbs to age 80 | 2021-02-24 | switzerland | December 2, 2020 - 14:00 Older people are more and more at home in the digital world. At the height of the coronavirus pandemic, many seniors relied on WhatsApp messaging or video calls to overcome loneliness. A recent study shows that internet use among pensioners in Switzerland has… |
Information and communication technology, Population ageing | digital inclusion | https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/the-generational-digital-divide-climbs-to-age-80/4… | rruggia | |||
| Étude Digital Seniors | 2021-02-24 | france | Comment les personnes âgées utilisent-elles Internet? Depuis 2010, l’étude Digital Seniors, mandatée par Pro Senectute, examine l’utilisation des technologies de l’information et de la communication par les personnes de 65 ans et plus en Suisse. Les trois enquêtes réalisées ces 10 dernières… |
Information and communication technology, Population ageing | digital inclusion | https://www.prosenectute.ch/fr/prestations/publications/etudes/digital-seniors… | rruggia | |||
| Narrowing 'digital divide': China steps up efforts to better serve the elderly in digital age | 2021-02-24 | china | A video of a 94-year-old grandma being carried to a bank for face recognition to activate her social security card in Guangshui, Central China's Hubei Province, has sparked heated debate on the internet, once again drawing attention to the difficulties elderly people face in using smart… |
Information and communication technology, Population ageing | digital inclusion | https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1208770.shtml | rruggia | |||
| Plan Ibirapitá - BPS | 2021-02-24 | uruguay | Este programa, que inicia en 2015, promueve la inclusión digital de personas jubiladas de todo el país. Para ello, ha entregado de forma gratuita una tablet con una interfaz especialmente desarrollada que busca ser intuitiva y amigable para la población destinataria. En este contexto se… |
Information and communication technology, Population ageing | digital inclusion | https://www.bps.gub.uy/16662/plan-ibirapita.html | rruggia | |||
| Austria: Labor ministers and tourism ministers give employees in tourism the prospect of returning to work | 2021-02-23 | austria | With the renewal of the commitment to re-employment, we are giving employees and companies more planning security and prospects for returning to work as soon as tourism can take off again, ”emphasize Tourism Minister Elisabeth Köstinger and Labor Minister Martin Kocher. Numerous employers -… |
With the renewal of the commitment to re-employment, we are giving employees and companies more planning security and prospects for returning to work as soon as tourism can take off again, ”emphasize Tourism Minister Elisabeth Köstinger and Labor Minister Martin Kocher. Numerous employers -… |
Employment | covid19 | Published Measures summary | https://www.bmafj.gv.at/Services/Presse/Presseaussendungen/PA_13_Februar_2021.h… | pmassetti | |
| Argentina: Expansion of virtual offer by the social security institution ANSES | 2021-02-22 | argentina | ANSES (03.02.2021) Through Resolution 37/2021 published today in the Official Gazette, ANSES expanded its virtual procedures. Now you can manage online the request for the payment of fees, a one-time payment, the accrual of a pension benefit due to death and assistance for the start of the… |
Through Resolution 37/2021 published today in the Official Gazette, Argentina's social security insitution - ANSES - expanded its virtual procedures. Now you can manage online the request for the payment of fees, a one-time payment, the accrual of a pension benefit due to death and assistance… |
Through Resolution 37/2021 published today in the Official Gazette, ANSES expanded its virtual procedures. Now you can manage at www.anses.gob.ar/informacion/atencion-v |
Innovation capacity, Information and communication technology, E-services | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | http://noticias.anses.gob.ar/noticia/la-anses-suma-tramites-a-la-atencion-virtu… | mmarquez |
| Barbados: Change of Payment Deadline for Contributions from February 15, 2021 | 2021-02-22 | barbados | National Insurance Service (15.02.2021) The National Insurance Office wishes to advise the public that the February 15, 2021 payment deadline for January 2021 contributions, has been extended until March 2, 2021. Payments made after this date will attract interest. The public is reminded that… |
Extension in deadline for the payment of social security contributions for January 2021. They are payable now until March 2nd, instead of until February 15th. |
Contribution collection and compliance | contribution collection, covid19 | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://www.nis.gov.bb/notice-change-of-payment-deadline-for-contributions-from… | mmarquez | |
| France: L’EN3S lance sa plateforme en ligne « une saison avec la sécu » | 2021-02-18 | france | Education et solidarité (15.02.2021) L’Ecole nationale supérieure de Sécurité sociale (EN3S), vient de lancer un tout nouveau programme intitulé : « une saison avec la Sécu ». Créé dans le sillage des rencontres « une journée avec la sécu », ce nouveau dispositif pédagogique est entièrement… |
Social policies & programmes | Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.educationsolidarite.org/actualite/l-en3s-lance-sa-plateforme-en-lig… | pmassetti | |||
| Canada: One-year tax exemption on COVID-19 assistance benefits | 2021-02-18 | canada | Newswire Quebec (12.02.2021) Individuals who have received COVID-19 assistance benefits will be exempt from paying interest on their 2020 tax balance for a one-year period. This measure is intended to provide relief to those who have been impacted by the pandemic. Specifically, individuals who… |
(Quebec). Individuals who have received COVID-19 assistance benefits will be exempt from paying interest on their 2020 tax balance for a one-year period. This applies to individuals who received the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), the Canada Emergency Student Benefit (CESB), the Canada… |
Social assistance | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/new-relieving-measures-to-help-individual… | mmarquez | ||
| Colombia: Financial assistance to the unemployed for three months | 2021-02-18 | colombia | SuperSubsidio Colombia (25.11.2020) The family compensation funds offered a financial compensation of 160,000 Colombian pesos to unemployed persons approved by decree 801 of 2020. This is a different… |
The family compensation funds offered a financial compensation of 160,000 Colombian pesos to unemployed persons approved by decree 801 of 2020. This is a different benefit from the one the… |
Bogotá, noviembre 25 de 2020. AUXILIO ECONÓMICO A CESANTE DE $160.000 DEL FONDO DE MITIGACIÓN ECONÓMICA – FOME Decreto 801 de 2020. Se informa a la ciudadanía que el Gobierno Nacional a través de las Cajas de Compensación Familiar adjudicarán, hasta el 30 de noviembre, el auxilio económico del Fo |
Unemployment | covid19 | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://www.ssf.gov.co/noticias/-/asset_publisher/OtnANBInIEgH/content/auxilio-… | mmarquez |
| Uruguay: Cash benefit for companies in the tourism sector that reincorporate workers on furlough | 2021-02-15 | uruguay | Banco de Previsión Social (08.01.2021) In order to promote the conservation and creation of employment in the tourism sector, the Social Security Bank (BPS) is implementing the granting of a contribution determined by the Executive Power for companies in the sector that, between December 1, 2020… |
In order to promote the conservation and creation of employment in the tourism sector, the Social Security Bank (BPS) is implementing the granting of a contribution for companies in the tourism sector that, between December 1, 2020 and on March 31, 2021, reinstate those workers covered by… |
Incentivos económicos para empresas del sector turístico El beneficio alcanza a las empresas con actividad hotelera y restaurantes que reincorporen trabajadores amparados al subsidio por desempleo o que contraten nuevos empleados.
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Employment, Unemployment | covid19 | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://www.bps.gub.uy/17777/incentivos-economicos-para-empresas-del-sector-tur… | mmarquez |
| Uruguay: Second installment of the extraordinary payment for vulnerable families and continuation of school meal plan | 2021-02-15 | uruguay | Banco de Previsión Social (12.02.2021) As of Friday, February 12, the payment of the second extraordinary installment will be available for beneficiaries of family allowances for the Equity Plan and the special item for the boys and girls included in the CEIP School Meal Plan. This is an item… |
Payment of second installment of the extraordinary cash benefit for vulnerable families covered under the Equity Plan. As of February, and as part of the CEIP School Food Plan, a cash benefit will be paid to recipients of family allowances whose children eat lunch in public schools in the… |
10/2/2021 Partidas extraordinarias de Asignaciones Familiares y del Plan de Alimentación Escolar A partir del viernes 12 de febrero, estará disponible el pago de la segunda cuota extraordinaria para beneficiarios de asignaciones familiares por el Plan de Equidad y la parti |
Cash transfers, Food and nutrition | covid19 | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://www.bps.gub.uy/17831/partidas-extraordinarias-de-asignaciones-familiare… | mmarquez |
| Aide exceptionnelle au titre des congés payés | 2021-02-15 | france | Une aide exceptionnelle est accordée aux entreprises accueillant du public au titre des congés payés pris par leurs salariés entre le 1er janvier et le 7 mars 2021. Cette aide est limitée à 10 jours de congés payés. |
Exceptional aid is granted to companies welcoming the public for paid leave taken by their employees between January 1 and March 7, 2021. This aid is limited to 10 days of paid leave. |
Employment | covid19 | Published Measures summary | https://travail-emploi.gouv.fr/le-ministere-en-action/coronavirus-covid-19/pour… | pmassetti | |
| Uruguay: Extension of sickness benefit for workers over 65 | 2021-02-15 | uruguay | Banco de Previsión Social (14.01.2021). Due to the continuing health emergency situation, the sickness benefit for workers aged 65 and over will be extended until February 28. Workers aged 65 or over who cannot perform their usual tasks at home and are covered by sickness allowance from December… |
Due to the continuing health emergency situation, the sickness benefit for workers aged 65 and over will be extended until February 28. Workers aged 65 or over who cannot perform their usual tasks at home and are covered by sickness allowance from December 20, 2020, may remain in isolation with… |
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Cash sickness benefits | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://www.bps.gub.uy/17787/extension-del-subsidio-por-enfermedad-para-trabaja… | mmarquez | |
| Covid-19 :l'aide de 900 euros pour 400 000 travailleurs précaires prolongée de trois mois, annonce Elisabeth Borne | 2021-02-15 | france | La ministre du Travail Elisabeth Borne a annoncé lundi 15 février que l'aide exceptionnelle de 900 euros mise en place en novembre, pour lutter contre la crise liée au Covid-19, serait prolongée de trois mois, jusque fin mai, comme l'a révélé RTL. Cette aide, qui a déjà bénéficié à 400 000… |
Labor Minister Elisabeth Borne announced Monday February 15 that the exceptional aid of 900 euros set up in November, to fight the crisis linked to Covid-19, would be extended by three months, until the end of May, as revealed RTL. This aid, which has already benefited 400,000 people, allows all… |
Employment, COVID-19 | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://www.francetvinfo.fr/sante/maladie/coronavirus/covid-19-l-aide-de-900-eu… | pmassetti | |
| Barbados: Employability project launched is also a timely response to COVID-19 | 2021-02-15 | barbados | Ministry of Labour Barbados (16.07.2020) Government’s Employability Project fits well within the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) policy framework, says ILO Deputy Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Claudia Coenjaerts. Addressing the launch of the Employability… |
Launch of the employability proyect which seeks to facilitate the insertion and re-insertion of the labour force in the labour markets. This is a free program provided by the Ministry of Labour through the National Training Initiative, and in partnership with the ILO. |
Employability Project Fits ILO Policy Framework July 16, 2020 Government’s Employability Project fits well within the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) policy framework, says ILO Deputy Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Claudia Coenjaerts. Addr |
Unemployment, Employment policies | covid19 | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://labour.gov.bb/employability-project-fits-ilo-policy-framework/ | mmarquez |
| Mexico: Unemployment insurance, a necessary response in Mexico | 2021-02-15 | mexico | El Economista México (08.12.2020). Granting unemployment insurance to the Mexican population, given the conditions that are experienced by the health and economic crisis of Covid-19, is one of the necessary responses for an economy such as that of our country, said Gerardo Esquivel, deputy… |
covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19 | https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/sectorfinanciero/Seguro-de-desempleo-respuesta-… | mmarquez | |||
| Bahamas: Extension of government-funded unemployment program | 2021-02-15 | bahamas | National Insurance Board Bahamas (02.11.2020) The National Insurance Board has extended the Unemployment Programme effective October 1, 2020. This second extension impacts those individuals who remain unemployed after the completion of the first 13 weeks extension and runs until 31st December,… |
The National Insurance Board has extended the Unemployment Programme effective October 1, 2020. This second extension impacts those individuals who remain unemployed after the completion of the first 13 weeks extension and runs until 31st December, 2020. This second extension programme pays at $… |
OVERNMENT-FUNDED SECOND EXTENSION UNEMPLOYMENT PROGRAMME ADMINISTERED BY THE NATIONAL INSURANCE BOARD FACT SHEET The National Insurance Board is pleased to advise that the second extension to the Unemployment Programme is being rolled out effective October 1, 2020. This second extension impacts t |
Unemployment | covid19 | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://www.nib-bahamas.com/UserFiles/HTMLEditor/Fact%20Sheet%20-%20GovExt%202%… | mmarquez |
| Social Protection in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico During the Pandemic | 2021-02-11 | latin america | Center For Global Development (04.02.2020) In a new CGD Note, we look at these social protection policy responses to COVID in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico. What programs did governments launch? How effective have they been in reaching the beneficiaries of social security systems and… |
COVID-19 | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19 | https://www.cgdev.org/blog/social-protection-argentina-brazil-colombia-and-mexi… | pmassetti | ||
| UK: A Family Stimulus – Supporting Children, Families and the Economy through the Pandemic | 2021-02-11 | united kingdom | Development Pathways (08.02.2021) The paper makes the case for a “family stimulus” in the UK, advising the government to urgently boost the income of families hard-hit by the pandemic through the social security system, as well as targeting investment in childcare to ensure this sector keeps… |
Family benefits | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.developmentpathways.co.uk/news/a-family-stimulus-supporting-childre… | pmassetti | ||
| Slovakia: Deferral of payment of Social Insurance Premiums for January 2021 | 2021-02-09 | Europe , eastern europe, slovakia | socpoist.sk (29.01.2021) The Government of the Slovak Republic allows employers and self-employed persons (SZČO) to defer the payment of social insurance premiums for January 2021 . The deferral of premiums applies to employers and SZČO, whose net turnover or income from business and… |
The Government of the Slovak Republic allows employers and self-employed persons (SZČO) to defer the payment of social insurance premiums for January 2021 . The deferral of premiums applies to employers and SZČO, whose net turnover or income from business and other self-employed activities… |
Who and how can defer the payment of levies for January 2021
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Contribution collection and compliance, COVID-19 | contribution collection, Contributory, covid19 | Published Measures summary | https://www.socpoist.sk/kto-a-ako-si-moze-odlozit-splatnost-odvodov-za-januar-2… | cambrosio |