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| New Zealand: COVID-19 Income Relief Payment | new zealand | workandincome.govt.nz (25.05.2020) On 25 May 2020, the Government announced a new temporary payment to support New Zealanders who lose their jobs due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, to adjust and find new employment, or to retrain in a different area. This payment will be available for 12… |
The COVID-19 Income Relief Payment will be available for 12 weeks from 8 June to anyone who has lost their job (including self-employment) due to the impact of COVID-19 since March 1st. It will pay $490 per week to those who lost full-time work and $250 per week for those who lost… |
Unemployment, Cash transfers | covid19, self-employed | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://www.workandincome.govt.nz/covid-19/income-relief-payment/payment-rates… | cambrosio | ||
| Société | Les "damnés de la terre" : fraudes sociales, ouvriers "en esclavage"... le procès qui fait trembler Terra Fecundis | La Provence | Europe | L'un des cas les plus emblémamtiques de la fraude au détachement européen dans le secteur agricole. Pour la seule période de 2012 à 2015, celle retenue par la procédure pénale, c'est un peu plus de 112 millions d'euros de cotisations qui auraient échappé à la Sécurité sociale… |
Contribution collection and compliance, Error, evasion and fraud | (des)formalization, contribution collection, coverage, data analytics, data management, death abroad data exchange, identity management, interoperability, labour markets, migration, policy reponse, social security education, social security processes, transnational workers | https://www.laprovence.com/article/societe/6010626/belote-en-ligne?fbclid=IwAR2… | gfilhon | ||||
| España: Nuevo asistente virtual para facilitar la búsqueda de información y los trámites de la Seguridad Social | spain | revista.seg-social.es (09.06.2020) La Seguridad Social en España cuenta con un assistente virtual, ISSA (Inteligencia Artificial+ Seguridad Social) con información sobre el recién aprobado Ingreso Mínimo Vital, que se podrá solicitar a partir del próximo 15 de junio, donde encontrará respuesta a… |
Spain's social security administration has released a new virtual assistant, ISSA (Artificial Intelligence+ Social Security in Spanish) that will facilitate the search on information on claims on the various social security benefits, including qualifying conditions and documents needed. |
Posiblemente habrá utilizado algún asistente por voz para preguntar qué tiempo hará, programar una reunión en su agenda o reproducir música, entre otras muchas tareas. Son aplicaciones tecnológicas que utilizan la inteligencia artificial y el lenguaje natural para ayudarnos en nuestro día a día. |
E-services | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary, Published_SS_Monitor, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://revista.seg-social.es/2020/06/09/la-seguridad-social-pone-en-marcha-un-… | mmarquez | |
| Covid effect: Social security cover for migrant workers on cards - The Financial Express | https://www.financialexpress.com/economy/covid-effect-social-security-cover-for… | pmassetti | ||||||||
| India: Coronavirus pandemic underscores necessity to prioritise needs of poor via technology, says India at UN | india | businesstoday.in (05.06.2020) "Prioritising the needs of the poor and vulnerable will have to receive the highest priority with respect to digital initiatives," India's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti said. |
Information and communication technology | customer_services | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19, Proposition_SS_Monitor, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://www.businesstoday.in/current/economy-politics/coronavirus-pandemic-unde… | pmassetti | |||
| Social cash transfer payment systems in sub-Saharan Africa | Centre for Social Science Research | http://www.cssr.uct.ac.za/cssr/pub/wp/452/social-cash-transfer-payment-systems-… | pmassetti | ||||||||
| AI in Social Protection | socialprotection.org | https://socialprotection.org/discover/publications/ai-social-protection | pmassetti | ||||||||
| Bangladesh : Distributing relief in a pandemic: Lessons learned about digital cash transfers during COVID-19 | bangladesh | brac.net (14.05.2020) Almost 18 million people live in extreme poverty in Bangladesh. The impact of COVID-19 on their livelihoods has been catastrophic. Research by BIGD and PPRC shows a 73% drop in income in households living in extreme poverty when measured in the first week of April 2020… |
Information and communication technology, E-services, Cash transfers | customer_services | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published_SS_Monitor, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | http://blog.brac.net/distributing-relief-in-a-pandemic-lessons-learned-about-di… | pmassetti | |||
| Opinion - An EU minimum income framework is an urgent safety net after Covid-19 | european union | EURACTIV.com (04.06.2020) The upcoming German EU presidency intends to take up an initiative for an EU framework for minimum income systems. Shannon Pfohman looks at what this should look like. |
Social protection floor | basic income, covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/opinion/an-eu-minimum-income-fram… | pmassetti | |||
| Moldova: Taxes on salaries to be subsidized and recovered | moldova, Republic of | moldpres.md (21.04.2020) According to Sergiu Railean, a string of fiscal, financial and banking measures were proposed to urgently back the business environment, as well as the mechanism of subsidizing the enterprises, in order to preserve the jobs and salaries. „These measures… |
For employees whose worked ceased days after the state of emergency, the state will fully subsidize the salary taxes; employees of companies hit inderectly will be able to recover 60% of taxes on their salaries. |
Moldovan economics ministry works out more post-crisis, re-launch measures in context of pandemic 15:38 | 21.04.2020Category: Economic Chisinau, 21 April /MOLDPRES/ - More immediate measures of backing the business environment, as well as the policies worked out by the Economics a |
Employment | covid19 | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://www.moldpres.md/en/news/2020/04/21/20003362 | mmarquez | |
| Moldova: More Moldovan employees infected with COVID-19 to benefit from one-off allowances | moldova, Republic of | moldpres.md (13.05.2020) The government will allocate over 6.5 million lei from the intervention fund to the Interior Ministry for providing one-off allowances to employees infected with COVID-19 during the fulfillment of the job duties, as well as to the Health, Labour and Social Protection… |
The government will allocate over 6.5 million lei from the intervention fund to the Interior Ministry for providing one-off allowances in the amount of 16,000 lei to employees infected with COVID-19 during the fulfillment of the job duties, as well as to the Health, Labour and Social… |
More Moldovan employees infected with COVID-19 to benefit from one-off allowances 20:31 | 13.05.2020Category: Social Chisinau, 13 May /MOLDPRES/ - The government will allocate over 6.5 million lei from the intervention fund to the Interior Ministry for providing one-off allowances |
Health, Cash sickness benefits | covid19 | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://www.moldpres.md/en/news/2020/05/13/20003940 | mmarquez | |
| Germany's stimulus package helps consumers and companies | germany | Reuters (04.06.2020) German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition on Wednesday agreed on a stimulus package worth 130 billion euros ($146 billion) to help companies and workers in Europe’s largest economy recover more quickly from the coronavirus pandemic. - Parents will get a cash… |
- Parents will get a cash handout of 300 euros per child. This costs 4.3 billion euros. - The government stabilises the social security system, which includes public health care and unemployment aid, with a cash injection of 5.3 billion euros in 2020 and additional funds in 2021. This… |
Health insurance, Family benefits, Unemployment, Contribution collection and compliance | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-stimulus-p/factbo… | pmassetti | ||
| IMF: Why social safety nets should be extended long after lockdown | World Economic Forum (19.06.2020) When the Great Lockdown finally ends, a strong economic recovery that benefits everyone will depend on improved social safety nets and broad-based fiscal support, writes the IMF. From being more generous to the poorest, to helping people find jobs, here are… |
Social assistance, Financing, Policy analysis | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/05/fiscal-policies-for-the-recovery-from-co… | pmassetti | ||||
| Chad: plus de 1600 agents de santé seront recrutés | chad | tchadmedia.com (14.04.2020) Le Chef de l’Etat Idriss Déby Itno a instruit le recrutement immédiat de 1638 agents de santé avec indemnités dans le cadre de la lutte contre le Coronavirus. |
The Chadian Head of State Idriss Déby Itno has instructed the immediate recruitment of 1638 health workers with allowances as part of the fight against the Coronavirus. |
Health | covid19 | Published Measures summary | https://tchadmedia.com/?p=5426 | cambrosio | ||
| Chad: Free water and electricity | chad | tchadmedia.com (14.04.2020) In an announcement to the nation on 14 April 2020, the President of the Chadian Republic decided to pay the water company's bills for six months and electricity bills for three months from 1 April 2020 (for domestic uses only). |
In an announcement to the nation on 14 April 2020, the President of the Chadian Republic decided to pay the water company's bills for six months and electricity bills for three months from 1 April 2020 (for domestic uses only). |
Dans une adresse à la nation, ce 14 avril 2020, le Président de la république decide de la prise en charge des facteurs de la Société des eaux pour six mois et celles de l’électricité pendant 3 mois à compter du 1er avril 2020. |
Housing | covid19 | Published Measures summary | https://tchadmedia.com/?p=5426 | cambrosio | |
| Across EU, temporary layoff schemes no cure-all in slow COVID recovery | european union | EURACTIV.com (18.05.2020) Temporary unemployment schemes operating across Europe could struggle to save the jobs of leisure and travel sector workers facing drawn-out or partial recoveries from the COVID-19 pandemic, even if they help industries that rebound quickly. |
Unemployment | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/across-eu-temporary-layoff-s… | pmassetti | |||
| Covid-19 and social protection of poor and vulnerable groups in Latin America: a conceptual framework | Americas, latin america | latinamerica.undp.org (May 2020) The growing crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic has dire implications for Latin American societies. As is often the case, the most vulnerable segments of society, especially those living in extreme poverty, are being hit the hardest. This article identifies… |
Difficult-to-cover groups | covid19, poverty | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.latinamerica.undp.org/content/rblac/en/home/library/crisis_preventi… | pmassetti | |||
| Africa: Examining the Right to Social Protection in COVID-19 Responses | Africa, kenya, south africa, uganda | lawafrica.com (May 2020) The purpose of this paper is to examine current state interventions taken to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 using social protection in Uganda in comparison to what is happening in Kenya and South Africa. This paper will also briefly examine the impact of legal… |
Social policies & programmes | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.lawafrica.com/?p=1587 | pmassetti | |||
| South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) on faster payment of Coronavirus COVID-19 Grants during Level 3 lockdown | south africa | Africanews (26.05.2020) Sunday’s announcement by His Excellency President Matamela Ramaphosa in response to the Corona virus epidemic brings much needed hope to the country. It also enables SASSA to accelerate the pace of paying out the COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress grant. In terms of the… |
Much progress has been made in preparing for the payment of large numbers of the COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress grants. SASSA started using WhatsApp for applications but had to move to other platforms like the srd.sassa.gov.za website and Unstructured Supplementary Service… |
Information and communication technology, E-services, Service delivery | customer_services | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://www.africanews.com/2020/05/26/coronavirus-south-african-social-security… | pmassetti | ||
| EUR 5 billion for public health and the national economy | lithuania | Utility and financial obligation support (waiver/postponement). Deferral (or option to pay in installments) of electricity payments and natural gas bills from UAB Ignitis,and to recommend to municipalities to allow deferment or payment in instalments of utilities and heat energy. |
Housing | covid19 | Published Measures summary | https://lrv.lt/en/news/eur-5-billion-for-public-health-and-the-national-economy | socpro | |||
| Bono Familiar Universal | peru | Bono Familiar Universal, S/760 bonus for the 6.8 million households that have no income and need support. 75% of households nationwide that do not have a salary would benefit, the other 25% already have a salary at the end of the month. |
Social assistance, Cash transfers | covid19, family | Published Measures summary | https://libero.pe/ocio/1555247-bono-familiar-universal-760-soles-beneficiario-q… | socpro | |||
| Fiscal responsibility key to government’s ability to provide Covid-19 stimulus package | grenada | An EC$10 million (US$3.7 million) unemployment benefits package to be rolled out by the National Insurance Scheme |
Unemployment | covid19 | Published Measures summary | https://www.nowgrenada.com/2020/04/fiscal-responsibility-key-to-governments-abi… | socpro | |||
| PM Chastanet presents Saint Lucia’s COVID-19-response Social Stabilization Programme (Phase 1) | Saint Lucia | Monthly payment of EC$500 and EC$1,500 (US$185 – US$555),for 3 months starting in April (subject to extension) for National Insurance Corporation (NIC) current contributors unemployed due to COVID19 and not receiving other NIC benefits. Estimated cost of $33 million to $80 million EC. |
Unemployment | covid19 | Published Measures summary | https://www.stlucianewsonline.com/breaking-news-pm-chastanet-reveals-saint-luci… | socpro | |||
| National Meals Program Brings Together Public and Private Sector Partners | Saint Lucia | Rollout of the National Meals Program by the Ministry of Agriculture to feed 5,000 underprivileged persons on a daily basis using produce from local farmers. |
Food and nutrition, Social assistance | covid19 | Published Measures summary | https://www.thevoiceslu.com/2020/04/national-meals-program-brings-together-publ… | socpro | |||
| PM Chastanet presents Saint Lucia’s COVID-19-response Social Stabilization Programme (Phase 1) | Saint Lucia | Suspension of disconnections for unemployed and persons on welfare by LUCELEC electricity utility company. |
Housing, Social assistance | covid19 | Published Measures summary | https://www.stlucianewsonline.com/breaking-news-pm-chastanet-reveals-saint-luci… | socpro |