Small businesses in Henderson that have been financially impacted by the closures or restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have a chance at some relief. Small business owners may apply for a grant to assist them with their recovery efforts through the City of Henderson.

Grant…

In May, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, as part of government’s Covid-19 Atma Nirbhar Bharat relief measures, announced that monthly EPF contributions (of both employers and employees) were to be reduced from 24 per cent to 20 per cent for the months of May, June and July 2020.

The province is assembling the troops against COVID-19 by hiring 500 additional health care professionals to increase contact tracing in B.C.

Contact tracing works by following up with each person who has tested positive for COVID-19 to determine where they went and who they were in…

The government has approved the ‘Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package’, an insurance scheme for the health workers who are fighting the Covid 19 pandemic in the country. The benefit of the package is estimated to reach a total of around 22.12 lakh public healthcare providers, including community…

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, Lt. Gov. Randy McNally, House Speaker Cameron Sexton, and the Financial Stimulus Accountability Group announced a new relief program for Tennessee businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Tennessee Business Relief Program will direct approximately $200…

The Maharashtra government has extended Rs 50 lakh insurance cover to private doctors who die of coronavirus infection during the pandemic. The insurance cover, which is being given to doctors in government and semi- government services, has now been extended to private medical practitioners who…

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced the city has allocated $22 million from the Coronavirus Relief Fund to the Atlanta COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program to provide housing support to Atlantans. Administered by United Way of Greater Atlanta, the program will provide rental,…

Tokha Municipality is to provide 150 per cent allowance to the health workers mobilizing in the forefront in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic.

The 61st meeting of the Municipal Executive on Sunday decided to provide allowances to the medical team including the medical officer and the…

The wage subsidy program was initially launched on Aug. 4.

Those people eligible for the wage subsidy are workers who earn less than Rp 5 million (US$339.25) per month and are active members of the Workers Social Security Agency (BPJS Ketenagakerjaan) as of June 30.

Eligible…

The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) on Friday launched a mobile application for its pensioners as part of an e-office initiative introduced in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The pensioners corner app will be available in both web and Android platforms with the facility for…

ComCare assistance for 6,000 lower-income households whose aid would have ended between August and October 2020 is automatically extended for 6 more months.

This automatic six-month extension was also done several months ago for about 6,000 households whose ComCare assistance ended…

The Comprehensive Medical Care Program (PAMI - Programa de Atención Médica Integral) for retirees and pensioners announced on Tuesday the freezing of drug prices until October 31. PAMI is a public health insurance agency in Argentina managed by the country's Ministry of Health.

The Jobs Support Scheme (JSS), which was launched at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic to protect jobs, will be extended by seven months to cover wages paid up to March 2021.

This was among the continued COVID-19 support measures for workers and jobs announced in a ministerial…

Canberrans experiencing financial hardship through the pandemic who are not able to temporarily work under a COVID-19 direction or health guidance will be able to receive up to $1500 from the ACT Government. The payment will be made from a new $1.25 million Hardship fund. The new support measure…

The Jobs Growth Incentive will support firms when they hire local employees over the next six months, by subsidising the salaries of all these new local hires for one year, subject to a cap.

For new local hires aged above 40, the Government will co-pay up to half of their salaries. For…

The Government is extending the utilities concession to eligible asylum seekers for 2020-21, giving them access to the annual $700 utilities concession and an additional one-off $200 rebate.

According to the Anti-Crisis Plan, every farmer with registered plots of land will receive 200 GEL per hectare from the state.

According to the head of the government, this means that medium and large agricultural enterprises that possess, for example, ten hectares of land and cultivate…

As of this Monday, July 13, the Housing Fund of the ISSSTE (FOVISSSTE) will begin the registration process for the “Tu Casa Te Espera” program aimed at workers at the service of the State in the health sector, in recognition of the work they do to serve Mexicans in the COVID-19 pandemic. The…

Adjusted from April 21 2020: On July 2, the authorities announced the extension of private sector (COVID related) support measures that would have expired end-June, including continuing the payment of wage benefits to Saudis working in the private sector through SANED, and further delaying the…

The U.K. government said it will pay workers on low incomes 13 pounds ($17) a day if they are self-isolating during the coronavirus pandemic, triggering a backlash from trade unions and council leaders who argue the amount is too little to make a difference. The payments begin on a trial basis…

K500 per family will be disributed to 2,250 households in Chilanga and 2,105 in Luangwa in an unconditional cash transfer program by Childfund International Africa (with government ministries). The recipients are families that struggled daily to feed themselves even before COVID-19 and had…

People in ERTE will be considered as a priority group for access to training initiatives of the vocational training system to increase likelihood of employment.

The Ministry of Labor has avoided reducing the amount of unemployment benefit for workers in ERTE after six months in this situation. With current legislation, approved with the Government of Mariano Rajoy, the amount was reduced from 70% to 50% of the regulatory base, a reduction that is…

The existing force majeure ERTE are extended until January 31. The ERTE due to objective causes - the so-called ETOP - will continue to be applicable until the term they have been established and can be extended if requested before the labor authority, with the conditions established in the…

On April 18 and May 15, Poland's government amended its Anti-Crisis Shield (Tarcza Antykryzysowa) program to expand eligibility for temporary social security contribution reductions. Under the amended program, employers with 10 to 49 employees as of February 29 can…