Work permit holders who urgently require food supplies and who have insufficient income or savings to sustain themselves could,if they qualify,be eligible for a KY$150 (US$180) food voucher,effective Wednesday,1 April. The voucher will provide interim support over a two-week period to those who…
Workers in the Hospitality and accommodation sector will benefit from the second pot of money called the “Displacement Supplementary Income”. The DSI would also be $300.00 per month and would not differ much from the NIS payment. Those of you in the hospitality sector wether you pay NIS or not…
The Ministry of Social Transformation is providing relief packages of food and medication to elderly living alone,persons with disabilities,hotel workers laid off and unemployed adults with children.
Social protection programme to assist families impacted by the Covid-19 outbreak through the use of unconditional cash transfers in urban and suburban areas. Nearly 189,400 households from the 769 fokontany (sub districts) of the eight districts of Antananarivo,Toamasina and Fianarantsoa will…
Payment of a remuneration supplement for officials,agents and workers,including security forces,who are at the forefront of the fight against covid-19.
The government has also implemented a flexible working arrangements policy which allows public officers the ability to take a more flexible approach to work,in terms of working locations,hours and duties.
This includes:
Staggered or Split Workday: where an employee carries out…
Monetary support to households in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. This measure is a short-term intervention to tackle the damaging impacts on the livelihoods of low-income families across the country,caused by COVID-19. This support benefits all households,composed of at least one citizen,…
The government of Montserrat has introduced a 'discretionary leave provision' to allow employees the time and flexibility to make alternate arrangements for the supervision of school-aged children
Government will pay at least 80% of salaries up to a maximum amount of EC$3,200 (US$1,184) per month for an initial period of three months directly to employers in the tourism sector; including hotels,tour operators,restaurants,and transportation services.
The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation announced their own policies allowing private companies affected by the COVID-19 crisis to grant employees paid or unpaid leave,as well as to temporarily reduce their salaries.
The Abu Dhabi Pension Fund on Tuesday announced that private sector companies in the emirate can apply to postpone paying pensions over the next three months
A three-month temporary transfer of EC$900 (US$333) a month (food package and cash support) to persons who do not have any work and unable to access other Social Security benefits and other financial support.
President Buhari approved the release of 70,000 Metric Tonnes of Grains from Nigeria’s National Strategic Grain Reserves,for distribution to poor and vulnerable persons in frontline #COVID19 States,as well as persons whose livelihoods will be affected by the lockdown
Parents who are unemployed and contacted the employment service from April 1 to June 30,2020 will be able to receive (in addition to other payments) cash transfer of RUB 3,000 (US$38) for each child under 18.
Government will increase the budgetary allocation for the Unemployment Relief Scheme (URS). A sum of SCR10 million will be allocated to the Department of Employment.
Government will increase the budgetary allocation for the Agency of Social Protection so that they are able to support those who are affected. A sum of SCR30 million will be allocated to the Agency for Social Protection.
Government will guarantee the salaries of all employees in the private sector for the months of April,May and June. A total of SCR1.2 billion has been budgeted for this intervention
