The food voucher program, Sembako, will be expanded from 15 million to 20
million low-income households; bringing the coverage of the program to just
short of 30 percent of the population. The expansion of Sembako also
includes a 33% increase in benefits for a period of nine…

Indonesia’s flagship CCT program, PKH, will receive an additional budget
allocation of IDR 8.3 trillion, which will be used to temporarily increase the
benefit level by approximately 25 percent for three months and expand the
program from 9.2 to 10 million beneficiaries, or…

Indonesia’s flagship CCT program, PKH, will receive an additional budget
allocation of IDR 8.3 trillion, which will be used to temporarily increase the
benefit level by approximately 25 percent for three months and expand the
program from 9.2 to 10 million beneficiaries, or…

Indonesia’s flagship CCT program, PKH, will receive an additional budget
allocation of IDR 8.3 trillion, which will be used to temporarily increase the
benefit level by approximately 25 percent for three months and expand the
program from 9.2 to 10 million beneficiaries, or…

Indonesia’s flagship CCT program, PKH, will receive an additional budget
allocation of IDR 8.3 trillion, which will be used to temporarily increase the
benefit level by approximately 25 percent for three months and expand the
program from 9.2 to 10 million beneficiaries, or…

Expiring benefits for persons currently on maternity leave will be extended
until the end of state of emergency.

Wage subsidy is based on minimum wage for 35hrs/weekly over a period of 3 months: - $266 per week for a full-time employee working 20 hours per week or more; - $133 per week for a part-time employee working between 5 and 19 hours per week

This support (to the employer) will only cover self-isolation as defined under the public health
guidelines, where the employee is: (i) not sick, cannot perform work remotely
and has been advised by the Ministry of Health to self-isolate; (ii) not sick but
has to care for…

The usual one-week waiting period will be waived for people who are in quarantine or have been directed to self-isolate and are claiming for Employment Insurance (EI) sickness benefits (estimated cost of $5M).
Eligible workers with no or limited paid-leave benefits through their employers…

Individuals and firms to get a one-month extension for the following:
- entry and payment of trimestral installments of VAT, excise duty, income
tax, and other fees (education service, telecommunication service etc.)

Individual local governments are providing significant sums to assist the elderly and families with low or no income ($250,000 thus far from Sarajevo municipality Stari Grad). Plans are underway for larger-scale assistance.

Food assistance package to be distributed to informal sector laborers and
those in need of assistance (including those living in old age homes, places of
worship etc.) through ward committees at local level. To be funded by local
and provincial level governments with top-ups…

The government will pay the salaries and wages of export-oriented sectors. Businesses can avail funds from the package at 2% interest to pay their workers' salaries for up to three months. The salaries must be paid to either a bank or mobile financial service account.

The Economic Watch Committee (Comité de veille économique (CVE)
members decided to activate a mobile payment device to transfer cash to
workers operating in the informal sector adversely affected by COVID-19
(only for those who have been directly affected by the GoM…

Food subsidies would include selling rice at Tk5/kg through OMS, down
from Tk30/kg

The Italian government has designated €400m (£358m) for food vouchers

The government has also committed to widen the coverage of the existing social safety net to address the basic needs of people living below the poverty line. These include workers in the informal sector, the daily labourers, old people and destitute women.

The Histadrut (General Organization of Workers) and the government have
agreed on paid leave for workers in the public sector. It is an agreed pooling
system of vacation leave to share with workers who need to stay away from
work. It stipulates that a non-essential…

On 25 and 30 March the Government approved a comprehensive action plan
to counter the adverse coronavirus impact and several measures to offset its
economic and social consequences with a total envelope of at least 300 mln
USD. These included:
• Support to hired…

IDR 3 Trillion to finance contributions to the national health insurance
scheme for 30 million non-salaried workers.

On 25 and 30 March the Government approved a comprehensive action plan
to counter the adverse coronavirus impact and several measures to offset its
economic and social consequences with a total envelope of at least 300 mln
USD. These included:
• Assistance to families…

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…

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…

Tax measures will include a reduction in the rate of contributions to the social
security fund of employers and employees from a rate of 5% to 0.1% of
wages for 3 months (and maintain the same contribution rate of the
government at 2.75% of wages and reduce the contribution…