Families of the people who succumbed to COVID-19 will be provided Rs 1 Lakh from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund on behalf of the government.

The city of Pittsburg has received funding through the federal Community Development Block Grant-Coronavirus program to help local businesses affected by the pandemic.

To be eligible for a grant,entities must be a for-profit business and must retain jobs for low- to moderate-income…

The Maldivian government has begun disbursing the frontline allowance introduced for workers on the frontlines of the battle to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

The payment is for all workers who have worked on the frontlines since March 7,when the coronavirus outbreak began,…

The cash transfer "Ingreso Solidario" will be extended to employees with COVID-19. Formal employees (with a contract with a company) that must isolate or become incapacitated to work due to a suspicion or diagnosis of having coronavirus will be able to receive a financial benefit…

Dehradun: Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat announced that Rs 1,000 would be credited into the accounts of each Anganwadi and Asha worker in the State. This will benefit about 50,000 Anganwadi and Asha workers.

An accredited social health activist (ASHA) is a community health worker…

Vermont: Health care and public safety employers whose employees worked to respond to COVID-19 will be eligible for hazard pay grant funding.

The grants are available for employers whose staffs worked between March 13 and May 15. Vermont’s Front-Line Employees Hazard Pay Grant Program…

Centre has released over 890 crore rupees as the second installment of the COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness Package to 22 States and Union Territories.

The financial aid will be used for strengthening of public health facilities infrastructure for testing…

Oaxaca: The Oaxaca State Congress approved the granting of a monthly compensation proportional to 20 percent of the salary received by health personnel currently in service,during the Covid-19 health emergency.

Employers calling back workers,who were put on redundancy in the previous months due to the COVID-19 crisis,will be allowed a 100 per cent cut of social contribution payments for four months.

The Government of Río Negro will give $150,000 to the 43 kindergartens of the province as part of the assistance promised by the governor,Arabela Carreras,in the face of the economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The objective is that these institutions can maintain their activity…

A specific measure to help businesses and employment in the less-developed southern regions was delivered,providing for a 30 per cent cut of social contribution payments to companies for all of their employees (and not just for new hiring) starting from October 1.

The State will pay a compensation of $15,000 to the families of those who died from coronavirus. The Subsidio de Contención Familiar (Family Containment Subsidy) is a benefit that has been provided since 2006 and that covered the death of beneficiaries of the SIPA (Argentine Integrated Pension…

18-week extension of public funding for workers put in temporary redundancy schemes.

Companies accessing the schemes,however,will have to put on hold any cut to their workforce in the same period.

President Donald Trump signed multiple executive actions that create a payroll tax holiday for those making less than $100,000 annually. The employee portion of the payroll tax would be deferred from Aug. 1 through the end of the year.

The 7% tax on employee income covers the Medicare…

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Friday announced a financial assistance of Rs. 5,000 to ‘108’ ambulance drivers and emergency medical technicians involved in the fight against COVID-19.

Trump on Saturday signed a memorandum that provides $400 a week for additional unemployment insurance benefits -- down from the $600 benefit that expired July 31.

The federal government will pay 75%. Supposedly,the states will come up with money to fund the remainder.

Dehradun: Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat announced Rs 2,000 encouragement allowance for ASHA facilitators. An ASHA facilitator is expected to be a mentor,guide and counselor to the ASHA workers and also monitor their progress,the CM said.

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From 3 August onwards,retail businesses can apply for financial assistance from the government.

The amount of assistance is 1,000 euros per employee for the month of July,750 euros per employee for the month of August and 500 euros per employee for the month of September. This aid…

Illinois regulators approved a wide-ranging COVID-19 utility relief agreement Thursday that extends the state’s moratorium on utility service shut-offs until at least late July and provides nearly $50 million to help customers pay overdue bills.

As part of the deal,Illinois utilities will…

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday the country's 320,000 homecare workers would each be granted a COVID-19 bonus of 500 euros,a package worth 160 million euros (144.3 million pounds).

The French state would put up 80 million euros and the local governments the other…

Michigan: State Treasurer Rachael Eubanks Wednesday announced two new grant programs that will provide an overall total of $300 million to help first responders receive premium hazard pay and reimburse local governments for payroll costs incurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The First…

Flemish Government: Flemish businesses losing at least 60% of their turnover to the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis are to benefit from a new support mechanism announced by the regional government.

The measure,announced on Friday,covers the period from 1 August to 30 September,but…

A new rent relief program launched Tuesday that provides subsidies to eligible low-income New Yorkers financially affected by the coronavirus pandemic. First signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo last month,the assistance program helps low-income households experiencing increased rent burden due…

The federal government has temporarily set a minimum unemployment rate of 13.1 per cent to calculate employment insurance benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Those people living in regions with an unemployment rate lower than that threshold will have their EI benefits calculated at…

A pair of state grant funds in Michigan totaling $115 million launches today as another source of financial assistance for small businesses hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The $100 million Small Business Restart Program will provide grants of up to $20,000 to small businesses and…