The Covid-19 relief payment is a withdrawal from the member’s superannuation account. The Authorized Superannuation Funds of Papua New Guinea will provide a one-off COVID-19 relief benefit of up to 20% of member contributions (up to PGK10,000, or US$ 2,890) for members of super funds who have…

The COVID-19 Support Grant is a scheme to help Singapore Citizens and PRs who are presently unemployed due to retrenchment or contract termination, or presently on involuntary no-pay leave (NPL) for at least three consecutive months, or presently experiencing reduced monthly salary of at least…

Todos os agentes envolvidos no processo de combate à pandemia vão ter seguro de vida pago pelo Estado.

The grant was originally meant to support only those who had lost their jobs due to the Covid-19 situation. The Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) said it will now also cover employees placed on involuntary no-pay leave for at least three consecutive months and employees who have…

Assistência alimentar, médica e medicamentosa em caso de necessidade.

The Temporary Relief Fund is a one-off interim assistance scheme to help Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents (PRs) who have lost their jobs, or a substantial portion of their income (at least 30% of personal income after 23 Jan 2020) due to COVID-19. It is only available in April 2020.…

Families with retirement savings plans (PPR) and who are in specific situations because of covid-19 can now raise funds from this application, without tax penalties. The measure, which extends the situations in which these products can be mobilized in advance will only be in force during the…

Cash transfers (conditional and unconditional) - The States of Guernsey has set up a Hardship Fund to provide emergency support for people in immediate financial need who may not otherwise qualify for unemployment benefit, sickness benefit or income support. Payments are for essential items such…

Financial support ("Apoio extraordinário à redução da actividade económica de trabalhador independente") to self-employed workers that have stopped business activities or are facing a drastic reduction (40%) in business activities.

The support is intended for Independent…

Before, beneficiaries of the i-Ready scheme received a monthly allowance of $800 from the government.Now, those with degrees and above are to receive a monthly allowance of $800 plus a $400 top-up from their employer/host organization, those with Level 5 Diplomas will receive an allowance of $…

Self-employed workers who were not entitled to financial support because were not fulfilling the requirement of having social contributions “for at least three consecutive months or six months interpolated for at least 12 months” - will now be able to benefit from financial support. The amount…

The i-Ready scheme, a paid apprenticeship scheme for degree holders of up to three years with a monthly allowance of $800 from the government, has been reduced to 18 months and been expanded to include two additional tiers: Bruneians with a Level 5 Diploma (HND or Advanced Diploma equivalent)…

Employers and Self-Employed persons can now make their contribution payments online via the NCBA Online/Internet Banking service.

Subsidy equivalent to 40 percent of a minimum wage to companies (small, medium and large) that have had a 20 percent decrease in turnover. It is for formal employment, that is, companies in which the employer has its employees affiliated with social security and has paid their contributions. The…

The social assistance program "1000 days to change the world" (1000 días para cambiar el mundo) has changed its service delivery and adopted measures to comply with the recommendations in order to avoid the spread of Covid-19. Group gatherings have been cancelled, and the food packages…

As part of the Economic Stimulus Plan formally launched on 4 May 2020, the government will reduce electricity tariffs.

Financial compensation for those who contract the covid-19 and are in the subsidized health regime. The benefit will be equivalent to seven daily minimum wages, which with the monthly minimum wage established for 2020 is equivalent to 204,820 pesos.

Exceptional measures to safeguard the continued commercial activity of women with precarious businesses to survive

Authorizes the withdrawal of "cesantías" to people who became unemployed or their income decreased significantly due to COVID-19. The "cesantía" is, in Colombia, a benefit that every employer must contribute to for its workers so that they can meet their primary needs in the…

The government announced hotlines for the needy communities and households to reach them for their food items during the Covid-19 lock down This act has really helped them to start up to provide food for up to four hundred thousand (400, 000) individuals and homes in the affected areas of…

Food transfers and vouchers for food, medicine and inputs to prevent COVID19. Program for vulnerable families, including elderly, elderly in nursery homes. Program jointly implemented by Ministry of Social Development and Ministry of Agriculture (700 million quetzals or US$ 91million).

The country new Social Protection agency, the Agence Nationale d’Inclusion Economique et Sociale (ANIES) will distribute sanitation kits to 130,900 households (more than 850,000 people) in 102 subprefectures (1,920 districts) and the special zone of Conakry. This phase will take place from April…

Wage subsidy to formal workers in private sector whose contract has been suspended with the approval of the Ministry of Labor (75 quetzals or 9.7 dollars per day). Total 2000 million of quetzals (US$260 million). This is part of the Fondo para la Protección del Empleo (Employment Protection Fund…

People exercising certain trades who were impacted by the restrictive measures to fight against the spread of corona virus have started receiving a subsidy via cash transfers on their mobile phones. The grants depend on three things: whether the activity is formal or not; the…