Para salvaguardar os postos de trabalhoe assegurar o pagamento dos salários as empresas com dificuldades de realizar o pagamento do salário do mês de Abril podem recorrer ao financiamento dos salários bonificado pela linha de liquidez criada pelo Banco Nacional de Angola;

Increases assistance or temporary assistance to the infected and impacted families, including stranded population, quarantined population and their relatives e.g. carees and dependents.

Care leave for children under 14

Online Consultations for chronic and common diseases can be reimbursed by health insurance.

Self-employed workers who are affected by the consequences of the coronavirus can submit a written request to their social insurance fund to request a 1-year deferral of the payment of provisional social contributions, without being charged any increases and with no effect on benefits.

Increasing use of online platforms, e.g. for unemployment insurance,

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.

SMEs with a layoff rate lower than 5.5% (estimated unemployment rate) can apply for a refund 50% of previous year’s unemployment contribution. The threshold is 20% for enterprises with less than 30 employees. Some cities refunds up to 80%

All medical certificates determining the degree of lost working capacity (the
validity of these documents for people below standard retirement age is
between 1 and 3 years; working capacity of people above standard retirement
age doesn’t need to be reassessed) which expire…

Unemployed workers who don’t meet the conditions for unemployment social insurance can apply for an unemployment social assistance (lower than unemployment insurance).

All application deadlines are automatically extended until the end of the State of Emergency. Additional offices are being opened and all documents can be submitted electronically.

Halves contribution for health insurances for up to five months.

The Bulgarian state will give 1000 leva (about 500 euro) extra a month to every medical professional on the frontline against Covid-19 coronavirus

Increases the inter-provincial allocation reserve of the basic old-age pension fund from 3.5% to 4% to better support low-income regions.

Expanding the coverage and scope of the home visiting services provided to
elderly people and other vulnerable groups (people with disabilities), including
the delivery of food and medicines.

Enterprises with operational crisis can apply to delay contribution payment for up to six months

The measures include increasing the capital of state-owned Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB) to help businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic

Immediate Food Assistance to 22,500 families (around 90,000 people), whose
income is below the minimum wage or without any source of income

Support for workers in micro and small enterprises and self-employed in the
informal sector, including sellers of informal commerce and municipal
markets. These workers are guaranteed a value of 10,000 escudos (US$100)
for one month. 30,000 workers are expected to benefit.…

Expansion of CTs under the existing SP project to 8,000 families (from
original 5,000).

MLSA in collaboration with the Armenian Red Cross will provide between
one and three food and hygiene packages to 1,400 citizens. The packages will
mainly go to elderly people living alone and people with disabilities,
including Syrian-Armenian refugees and people in social…

Para fomentar os estágios profissionais, sobretudo depois da fase de retoma da actividade económica normal, após o levantamento do estado de emergência, o Ministério da Administração Pública, Trabalho eSegurança Social e o Ministério das Finanças/AGT promoverão um programa de promoção de…

The unemployed will receive double the unemployment benefit.

Suspension of all firing procedures begun after 23 February

The Government of Ethiopia today announces availing 5 billion birr (about $154 million) to combat the spread of COVID-19 pandemic and to undertake preparedness tasks (primarily aiming at increasig health care spending). It is indicated that all regions in Ethiopia are preparing quarantine…