SXM TALKS (14.04.2020) The St. Maarten government will start to implement the St. Maarten Support Relief Plan (SSRL) this month. The main aim of the stimulus plan is to avoid layoffs and prevent companies from going belly-up during the current coronavirus COVID-19 crisis. A key component of the plan is government’s plan to provide a payroll subsidy to the “most affected” businesses to cover up to 80 per cent of their workers’ salaries for a three-month period. Self-employed persons such as independent taxi drivers, vendors, tour operators, and artists, etc., can also benefit from income support. |