La prise en charge, pour les mois d’avril et de mai 2020, des factures d’électricité et d’eau des catégories relevant des tranches dites sociales, à savoir les plus démunies.
Il s’agit aussi de l’exonération de la Taxe sur la Valeur Ajoutée les factures d’électricité et d’eau, de tous les…

Cash benefits to: Workers who temporarily stopped working or have been on unpaid leave (VND 1.8 million/person/month); (iv) unemployed workers without unemployment insurance, and self-employed workers (VND 1 million/person/month); (v) households with monthly taxable revenue below VND 100 million…

Each poor household will get a monthly allowance of VND1 million ($43), near-poor household get VND 250,000 per month, while social protection beneficiaries would receive an additional of VND500,000 per month on top of the monthly allowance. Employees, small/household businesses that have had to…

Employers will be able to contact HMRC (revenue and customs) for a grant
to cover most of the wages of people who are not working that are furloughed
and kept on payroll rather than being laid off. Government grants would
cover 80% of the salary of retained workers to a…

Temporary suspension of mortgage payments, fuel duty (for a year), and
suspension of new evictions from social or private rented accommodation

For the duration of the outbreak, the requirements of the Universal Credit
Program will be temporarily relaxed for those who have COVID-19 or are
self-isolating according to government advice. People will be able to claim
Universal Credit and access advance payments upfront…

The UK would raise its main state-paid benefit. The universal credit standard
allowance for the next 12 months would increase by 1,000 pounds a year,
with the working tax credit basic element rising by the same amount as well.
It is expected that the measures will benefit…

To promote the use of electronic payment tools the Western Africa Central
Bank (BCEAO) is providing more flexible measures to open a mobile money
and making transfers between people backed by electronic money free. The measures are effective for 30 days, renewable.

Les agriculteurs comptent généralement sur l’aide de travailleurs temporaires originaires du Mexique, du Guatemala et, dans une moindre mesure, du Honduras. Des ralentissements bureaucratiques dans leurs pays d’origine et la fermeture des frontières ont compliqué leur venue au cours des…

Workers who are affected by the 21-day lockdown or become ill during the outbreak will receive government assistance. The Basic Conditions of Employment Act rights for employees will be activated; through NEDLAC, employers and unions have agreed to negotiate special leave conditions. More…

The Thai social security agency will cover all medical costs of those infected
with COVID-19, including bills from private hospitals.

- Eligible Self-Employed individuals will receive a financial support of
Rs 5,100 (i.e. 50% of Guaranteed Income) for the period
16th March 2020 to 15th April 2020.
- Self-employed individuals who are either in business (examples: shops,
hawkers, hair

Thailand has initiated a multi-prong package for Thai workers forced to
return from Korea due to the outbreak. This includes: (i) those who are
members of Overseas Workers Fund will be entitled to THB15,000
compensation (also available to member workers who return from other…

A reduction to 25% of the current Minimum Contribution Base (BMC in) in health and pension insurance, is what the Fund approved as part of the actions to support the national economy in the face of the health emergency by Covid-19. The BMC is the base salary for which all workers must contribute…

The employer may set the date of the beginning and end of the period of accumulated leave to which the worker is entitled. Furthermore, provided that the worker agrees, the employer may allow the enjoyment of periods of advance vacation; and, in general, the employer may adopt measures that…

Delay in payment of contributions without penalties. Employers must continue filing returns with information about employees and contributions

Employers will be able to reach agreements with workers whose workdays are suspended during the emergency and will provide for their employees to use accumulated vacation time.

Advance one month pension. Additional payment equivalent to one month the would be recovered from future payments

No worker can be laid off or fired during this crisis without a valid cause underlined by the worker inspector of the area.

Sickness benefits: amendment to set aside exception period for affected by COVID-19. Those who lost employment will continue to receive medical coverage as if they were continually employed.

“Quédate en casa” (Stay at home) 4 million workers in informal work and workers in self ran businesses, and 2 million workers from private businesses shall receive a sitpend of 450,000 pesos bolivares--equivalent to $6USD.

BZD 5 million (USD 2.5 million) from social security fund to support existent social assistance programmes

Payroll Plan for small and medium sized companies through the Patria system for a period of up to six months. It will be activated at the request of the companies, to protect the socio-economic stability and the productive capacity of the companies that have ceased their activities due to the…

Provision of spaces in appropriate places to deal with suspected or confirmed cases of children and adolescents.

Transfer of $100 million USD to Social Welfare Institute (IPS) for the payment of sick leave and financial compensation to (formal) workers affected by the pandemic.