The Government extended until August 31st the sick pay so that workers with 65 years or more can remain in isolation for 30 days, as determined and communicated by the companies to the Banco de Previsión Social.

The Minister of Labor, Ángel Custodio Cabrera, announced this Friday that the subsidy from the National Government for the payment of the June "prima" ("Christmas bonus") will cover people who earn between a minimum wage and a million pesos (Extends the subsidy of 50% of the…

Extension of the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) well into the winter, which was initially only until June. An Act respecting further COVID-19 measures, passed on its third reading, allowing for the wage subsidy to last until December, if needed.

More relief underway for persons both with the financial unemployment relief as well as for the food assistance. Financial assistance, which has benefitted 23,705 persons as of now, will be extended up to December of this year. In his address, PM Barrow explained that with funds that remain from…

Nutritional Support Voucher, a single transfer of USD $ 240, intended for vulnerable people or people affected by the pandemic who have not received other vouchers, so that they have access to the purchase of food.

Food assistance will reach the double of beneficiaries. The PM expressed that so far, “39,129 households have received, and continue to receive, packages under our food assistance program. This has been at a cost of 20 million dollars; and with another 20 million coming from OFID, we are…

Adjusted from 1 May 2020: The government has rolled out various initiatives to help Singaporeans tide over this difficult period. For those who have lost their jobs or suffered significant income due to the pandemic, they can tap on the COVID-19 Support Grant (CSG), which disburses up to S$800 a…

Adjusted from 10 June 2020: Extension of the provision for subsidizing 60% of the insurance contributions of employers in the SYN-ERGASIA program (job retention program that provides wage subsidies to employers) for the months of August to October.

Coverage of State Budget of employer…

To cushion the impact of the lockdown and its restrictions on importers, the government waived rent charges and demurrages during the period of the lockdown between April 30 and March 19.

Adjusted from 24 March 2020: The temporary wage subsidy scheme is also being extended to March next year, but will be recast as a new scheme from September, with officials said to be working on a new permanent scheme which would see State support for temporarily laid-off workers. The extension…

The government of Singapore announced a special one-time “baby bonus” this week, in addition to an existing $10,000 package of benefits for new parents, to encourage more families to have children in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. “We have received feedback that COVID-19 [Chinese…

Adjusted from 16 April 2020: COVID-19 Disaster Agricultural Support Fund Voucher: The main objective of this support is to complete the current production cycle in an effort to ensure adequate food production and supplies.

The targeted beneficiaries are smallholder and communal…

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with Kano State government and the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs (FMHDS), has launched an unconditional cash transfer project largely funded by the Government of Japan and the European Union (EU). With a total sum of N 2.…

Funded by the European Union (EU), Danish (DanidaA) and German (German Federal Foreign Office) governments, the consortium's Covid-19 Safety-Nets in form of mobile cash transfers, targets 120,000 most vulnerable Kenyans living in Nairobi and Mombasa's expansive informal settlements.…

The government, with support from the World Food Programme (WFP), is to disburse funds to vulnerable persons and households in the Greater Accra, Western and Ashanti regions. Under the cash transfer to COVID-19 affected daily wage earners, an amount of GH¢11 million will be disbursed to…

Mr Sunak unveiled a package of measures on Thursday to support workers after the furlough scheme ends on October 31. The new scheme requires employers to keep staff at work for at least one third of their normal hours to qualify for a 20 per cent wage subsidy up to a maximum of £697.92 a month.…

The Lagos State Ministry of Wealth Creation and Employment on Wednesday said it distributed 12,000 COVID-19 relief packages to tradesmen and artisans in the state.According to a statement, the items were given out through the Lagos State Council for Tradesman and Artisans for re-distribution to…

Cash payment to all residents for the purpose of fostering national solidarity against COVID-19
100K yen per person, tax exempt.
As of 25th September, 12.66 trillion yen (99.4% of the budget of 12.73 trillion yen) has been paid.

To support low-income workers during this time of limited movement, the government created the National Hygiene Program to provide employment opportunities with daily wages. The program, commonly known as Kazi Mtaani (loosely translated as jobs in our hood), includes labor-intensive works such…

The Telangana government on Tuesday announced Rs 25 lakh compensation to the family of medical staff dying of coronavirus. The decision was taken by the Health Minister Eatala Rajender and the compensation will be in addition to the Rs 50 lakh insurance provision offered by the Central…

Adjusted from 21 April 2020: The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) will open its systems to allow approved applicants to change their preferred method of payment for the special Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant.

Sassa said that from Monday (31 August) to Sunday (…

The Federal Government has approved additional N8.9bn to pay up the large chunk of the June 2020 COVID-19 allowance to all health workers in the country. The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) had embarked on a total and an indefinite strike in all Federal and State hospitals in the…

Financing of the salary of those absent until 28 days to take care of relatives in isolation

The Federal Ministry of Transportation says that it is launching a committee to draw guidelines for the disbursement of a N10 billion palliative fund for road transport operators and workers.

If a child is infected or suspected of being infected with covid-19 and is placed in isolation or quarantine, the leave taken by a parent to care for the child will not be counted against their number of available family leave days (rather than an extension to family leave there will be a…