The Federal Government has approved two months hazard allowance for health workers battling the COVID-19 pandemic. The hazard allowance for the months of April and May would be paid before Friday, June 12, 2020.

The planned increase in Central Provident Fund contribution rates for senior workers will be deferred by one year to Jan 1, 2022. This is to help employers manage costs amid the Covid-19 pandemic, said Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat on Tuesday (May 26). The increase, which was initially to…

This program will offer financial assistance in the amount of $600.00 and $400.00 respectively for a period of three months beginning April 1, 2020 to head of households and individuals who have either been laid off or whose employment have been terminated as a result the COVID-19 Pandemic or…

More firms in sectors such as construction, retail and aerospace will be eligible for higher tiers of wage subsidies under the latest $2.9 billion enhancement to the Jobs Support Scheme, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat said on Tuesday (May 26). The Jobs Support Scheme covers between 25 per…

This grant program is targeted at self-employed sole trader businesses. This program will offer grant financial assistance in the amount of $500.00, to self-employed individuals whose businesses have been suspended as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic or the Emergency Powers (Curfew) Order,…

The Jobs Support Scheme covers between 25 per cent and 75 per cent of the first $4,600 of gross monthly wages for all 1.9 million local employees. The scheme, first announced in February, will also be extended by one month to cover wages paid in August. This means employers will receive wage…

To assist with meeting the cost of farm labour and other direct costs, cash grants have been approved to approximately 2,500 individual crop farmers.This intervention is valued at EC$3.5 million.

Singapore is injecting another $33 billion in relief measures to help Singaporeans and local businesses tide through the Covid-19 storm that has panned out to be the republic’s biggest crisis since independence. Dubbed the Fortitude Budget, the additional measures announced on May 26 will build…

Government will purchase fish and fresh produce from farmers and fishers who are prepared to sell directly to the government. Some of this produce will also be distributed to the most vulnerable in communities. An amount of 3 million dollars has been set aside to facilitate this programme.

All households with at least one Singaporean member will receive a one-off $100 sum to cover their utility bills. This sum, known as the Solidarity Utilities Credit, will be credited in their utility bills in July or August and cover all property types.It is a way of thanking Singaporeans for…

It is also established that for self-employed workers "the first advance payment of social security contributions is not due and the calculation of the second advance payment for the period of activity for the purpose of determining the advances due is made, on an extraordinary basis, with…

Employers and self-employed workers who are experiencing a significant drop in activity can request staggered payment of their social security contributions

The Province of Alberta is expanding eligibility for selected licensed child care centres to offer child care for all essential service workers. Along with previously eligible front-line health-care workers, critical infrastructure workers and first responders, child care is now available to…

Reinforced Total Temporary Unemployment (Chômage Total Temporaire Renforcé - CTTR) is an exceptional device which makes it possible to temporarily reduce or suspend the activity of employees. These measures stem from the agreement made with the French Republic in matters of unemployment…

Within the scope of measures to support employment, the Prime Minister announced the PARES 3.0 program, for construction works or requalification of social facilities, which, he specified, includes the construction of several daycare centers that can respond to the pressing needs of communities…

The amount of Child Care Allowance (CCA) for children under 18 months depends on whether or not the child is firstborn and on mother’s wage prior to maternity/childcare leave. Non-working mothers (or mothers pursuing studies) are entitled to the minimum amount of CCA. On May11, 2020, the minimum…

To make up for the scarcity of resources in the field of care for the elderly and the vulnerable, the Government of Québec is unveiling the new accelerated program support for assistance care in health facilities. Nearly 10,000 long-term care facility attendant positions are available.
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Prime Minster Thomas Thabane subsequently last month announced that the government would pay each of the 45 000 factory workers M800 per month from April to June 2020. Factory workers on Tuesday began receiving the M800 salary subsidy from the government to cushion them from the loss of their…

Payment of utilities’ bills (electricity, water and wastewater) will be postponed until after June 2020, and utility providers are being asked to offer the possibility of paying amounts owed through a series of installments.

Mothers under the age of 18 will have now access to the emergency assistance of R$ 600 granted to informal workers. As these mothers did not receive the first installment, if they have the approved benefit, they will receive both installments at once.

The employment contracts of Omani nationals cannot be terminated, however it is permitted for companies operating in the industries which have been demonstrably affected by Covid-19 outbreak, to grant their Omani nationals full paid leave during the lockdown. Furthermore, after employees have…

The mid-March Italy care decree introduced a 600-euro bonus that can be used to pay for the babysitter, as an alternative to the extraordinary 15-day parental leave available during the closing period of schools and kindergartens for the coronavirus emergency. The relaunch law decree, which…

Oman made a rare decision to cut the salaries of new government employees, its latest austerity measure in response to the coronavirus pandemic and low oil prices. The biggest Arab oil exporter outside OPEC assigned new salary grades for hires, as determined by qualifications. A PhD holder’s…

The Federal Agency for Occupational Risks (Fedris) made an important decision: covid-19 will be recognized as an occupational disease.

This was already the case for the health sector, at least for those who are or were at risk of contracting the virus in the exercise of their profession…

The employees attached to ministries and State agencies will see a 7.5 percent portion of their salaries sliced for onward remittance to the soon to be created Public Service Superannuation Scheme (PSSS). The move was aimed at reducing the pension burden currently borne in whole by the exchequer…