The government will increase allowances for child support, old age pension (AOV - social pension), people with disabilities, households who were receiving 37 SRD in aid, adding a monthly allowance for pensioners.

This is part of an economic package launched by the Government to help…

The Department of Social Services continues to provide assistance to persons in need by assessing them for Emergency, Temporary or Permanent Food Assistance. This includes special food assistance to those persons who – as a result of the closure of the tourism sector — found themselves on…

The fund will also contribute 50 million SRD to the Residential Construction fund to help people who have home security issues.

This is part of an economic package launched by the Government to help companies and persons during the COVID-19 crisis. The COVID Emergency Fund, in particular…

Employees who are members of their business’s social insurance scheme may be eligible to receive about 500,000 kip as part of measures to help people affected by the Covid-19 outbreak, provided by the National Social Security Fund (NSSF). Of the 170,000 members, close to 80,000 will benefit from…

1,500 SRD for jobseekers or unemployed persons.

This is part of an economic package launched by the Government to help companies and persons during the COVID-19 crisis. The COVID Emergency Fund, in particular, is focused on helping Surinamese families who have been financially…

National Social Security Fund Office will delay social security contribution payment period for businesses affected by COVID-19 for a period of three months – from April to June.

The Council of Ministers will approve next week the minimum vital income, a benefit that will serve as a complement for those households with lower incomes and that will reach 850,000 households. Aid whose amount "will depend on the members of the household" but which will have a…

The Federal Government has approved two months hazard allowance for health workers battling the COVID-19 pandemic. The hazard allowance for the months of April and May would be paid before Friday, June 12, 2020.

The planned increase in Central Provident Fund contribution rates for senior workers will be deferred by one year to Jan 1, 2022. This is to help employers manage costs amid the Covid-19 pandemic, said Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat on Tuesday (May 26). The increase, which was initially to…

This program will offer financial assistance in the amount of $600.00 and $400.00 respectively for a period of three months beginning April 1, 2020 to head of households and individuals who have either been laid off or whose employment have been terminated as a result the COVID-19 Pandemic or…

More firms in sectors such as construction, retail and aerospace will be eligible for higher tiers of wage subsidies under the latest $2.9 billion enhancement to the Jobs Support Scheme, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat said on Tuesday (May 26). The Jobs Support Scheme covers between 25 per…

This grant program is targeted at self-employed sole trader businesses. This program will offer grant financial assistance in the amount of $500.00, to self-employed individuals whose businesses have been suspended as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic or the Emergency Powers (Curfew) Order,…

The Jobs Support Scheme covers between 25 per cent and 75 per cent of the first $4,600 of gross monthly wages for all 1.9 million local employees. The scheme, first announced in February, will also be extended by one month to cover wages paid in August. This means employers will receive wage…

To assist with meeting the cost of farm labour and other direct costs, cash grants have been approved to approximately 2,500 individual crop farmers.This intervention is valued at EC$3.5 million.

Singapore is injecting another $33 billion in relief measures to help Singaporeans and local businesses tide through the Covid-19 storm that has panned out to be the republic’s biggest crisis since independence. Dubbed the Fortitude Budget, the additional measures announced on May 26 will build…

Government will purchase fish and fresh produce from farmers and fishers who are prepared to sell directly to the government. Some of this produce will also be distributed to the most vulnerable in communities. An amount of 3 million dollars has been set aside to facilitate this programme.

All households with at least one Singaporean member will receive a one-off $100 sum to cover their utility bills. This sum, known as the Solidarity Utilities Credit, will be credited in their utility bills in July or August and cover all property types.It is a way of thanking Singaporeans for…

It is also established that for self-employed workers "the first advance payment of social security contributions is not due and the calculation of the second advance payment for the period of activity for the purpose of determining the advances due is made, on an extraordinary basis, with…

Government has automatically extended the eligibility period of benefits recipients temporarily: Recipients of long-term care benefits; Recipients of disability pension, disabled child benefit and attendance benefits; Recipients of a work disability pension; Recipients of hostile actions…

The minimum guaranteed income for families is introduced "from March 1, 2020 and until the date of cessation of the emergency". The amount paid to needy families will be € 580 per month for each family , increased by € 150 for the spouse or for the partner more uxorio or for the…

Recipients of long-term care services who are in self-isolation or live in the same house as a quarantined individual – may receive a long-term care benefit in cash.

A long term care benefit is granted to those who reached retirement age, who live in their own home and are in need of…

An " extraordinary parental permit " is also established , which can be used by December 31, 2020 for a continuous or split period, even in single hours, not exceeding 150 working hours which can be used by parents, employees of the private or public sector, for their children up to 12…

Those living abroad and required to provide a life certificate to continue receiving a benefit, may provide us with a life certificate by the month of June 2020.We will continue to pay the benefit to those who are required to give us a life certificate by the month of June (benefit payment will…

The possible use of banking services for the payment of social security pensions up to the amount of the minimum wage of the Civil Service, in order to avoid the crowding of people during the emergency situation, is exempt from all bank charges, including those due for the issue of a single…

Those eligible for the grant include self-employed workers and employee-owned businesses whose revenues did not exceed NIS 1 million during the 2018 tax year. Eligible businesses will receive up to 70% of their average monthly revenue, or a maximum of NIS 10,500.
Employee-owned businesses…