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Doctors’ strike: FG approves additional N8.9bn for June COVID-19 hazard allowance socpro Emergency grants Health, Cash transfers nigeria
Segurança Social aumenta proteção de trabalhadores afetados pela Covid-19 socpro covid19 Employment portugal
Transport Ministry to share N10 billion palliative scheme socpro Emergency grants Cash transfers nigeria
COVID-19: FLEXIBILITY TO TAKE CARE OF SICK CHILD socpro covid19 Family benefits luxembourg
New September stimulus payments announced for unemployed individuals socpro Emergency grants Unemployment, Cash transfers saint kitts and nevis
Covid-19: Togolese government to put in place special insurance for health workers socpro covid19 Health togo
Government extends insurance scheme for frontline health workers fighting COVID-19 for 6 months socpro Emergency grants Health, Cash transfers india
Covid-19: Bulgarian PM says Cabinet adds 1.9B leva to stimulus funding, to extend epidemic declaration socpro covid19 Health bulgaria
DL RILANCIO: PROROGATO FINO AL 31 LUGLIO 2020 IL CONGEDO PARENTALE STRAORDINARIO socpro covid19 Family benefits, Parental leave, Children italy
Pandemic Unemployment Payment extended - but some rates will be tapered from 17 September socpro covid19 Unemployment ireland
Israel expands economic safety net to deal with nationwide lockdown socpro covid19 Unemployment, Cash transfers israel
Perte de gain pour certains indépendants (APG) socpro covid19 Cash transfers, Employment switzerland
Gov. Lee announces new, expanded financial relief programs amid COVID-19 pandemic socpro covid19 Cash transfers United States
Californians who contract COVID-19 at work get additional help under new law socpro covid19 Cash sickness benefits, Occupational accidents and diseases United States
Self-employed grant scheme extended as Rishi Sunak announces Winter Economy Plan socpro covid19 Cash transfers, Extension of coverage united kingdom
Social workers bringing hope and comfort to Jamaica's most vulnerable socpro covid19 Food and nutrition jamaica
Meeting of the Council of Ministers on September 16, 2020 socpro covid19 Employment, Extension of coverage Timor-Leste
Spain extends COVID furlough scheme to January socpro covid19 Unemployment, Extension of coverage spain
How to claim £144 if you've been working from home socpro covid19 Prevention of occupational risks, Cash transfers united kingdom
Morocco’s Social Security Fund to Compensate Tourism Sector Employees socpro covid19 Employment morocco
3000 people to benefit from COVID-19 Social Cash Transfer Programme socpro covid19 Cash transfers, Social assistance dominica
Israel expands economic safety net to deal with nationwide lockdown socpro covid19 Employment israel
Guinea Bissau: electronic payment tools cambrosio

cabri-sbo.org (25.03.2020)

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.

covid19 E-services, Cash transfers Guinea-Bissau
Tajikistan: Cash assistance for struggling families in Tajikistan amid the pandemic cambrosio

unicef.org (16.10.2020)

The Government of Tajikistan is working with the World Bank to provide support to low-income families in Tajikistan through the Tajikistan Emergency COVID-19 (TEC-19) Project. Up to 50,000 families with children under the age of 3, who are registered as poor in the national program of the Targeted Social Assistance (TSA), will receive one-off payments of 500 TJS (around US$50) in order to offset the impacts of the pandemic. 20,000 families have already received this vital support, which is helping them cover essential needs such as food and medication.

 

covid19, Emergency grants, family, labour markets, poverty Unemployment, Social assistance, Cash transfers tajikistan
Japan: Subsidy for employers who allow female pregnant employees to take paid-leave siha

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (28.10.2020) Employers, who introduced a paid-leave programme for female pregnant employees who are recommended by a doctor to take leaves due to stress caused by Covid-19, can apply a subsidy. Eligible employers are who informed employees of the programme and allowed a employee more than five days paid-leave inclusive between 7 May 2020 and 31 January 2021. The amount of subsidy is 250,000 yen per employee who took 5 - 19 days of paid-leave, and 150,000 yen is added for every 20 days thereafter (up to 1,000,000 yen per employee, 20 employee per company). Application for the subsidy is available from 15 June 2020 to 1 March 2021.  

covid19, Emergency grants, youth employment Health, Maternity, Unemployment, Cash transfers, COVID-19 japan