The government today agreed details of the new €250 million Restart Grant, which will give direct grant aid to micro and small businesses to help them with the costs associated with reopening and reemploying workers following COVID-19 closures. The Grant will be available to businesses with a…

A funding package of €75m for the childcare sector has been agreed by Cabinet. The new model proposed by Minister for Children Katherine Zappone includes a once-off reopening grant of €18m for centre-based providers opening on 29 June and late August. There is also a once-off capital grant of €…

The medical personnel who have been part of the "Equipos Covid-19" were recognized with an award and will receive an economic bonus, the highest will be 100,000 pesos.

ICTC’s WIL Digital is an innovative Work Integrated Learning program that helps employers grow their businesses by providing financial assistance for hiring post-secondary students.
WIL Digital is funded by the Government of Canada’s Student Work Placement Program (SWPP) and provides the…

Care of beneficiaries of the public health sector in private hospitals will continue; Since the beginning of the agreement, 4 thousand patients have been treated. The agreement was for one month, but it will be extended for another month.

$237 million in one-time bonuses for public and private nurses, technicians, emergency medical services personnel, correction officers, and other Public Safety Department (DPS) staff in the front lines of the fight against COVID-19. Nurses and ambulance workers will be eligible for bonuses of as…

Among the economic incentives is a $500 disbursement for all those individuals who are self-employed in Puerto Rico. This will only apply to individuals dedicated to doing business on their own and are registered in the SURI system. 170,000 self-employed workers are expected to benefit from this…

A 90-day moratorium on mortgages, auto loans, personal loans, business loans, and credit cards has been established, including for credit union customers, all of whom must be request the deferment from their financial institution because it is not automatic.

No cuts to electric or water services

10% withholding for self-employed workers suspended for 3 months

Article 1 of the Grand Ducal Regulation is supplemented by a leave (in addition to the existing one for progressive cancer and pathologies resulting in a two-week acute hospitalization) available in situations in which a parent can no longer go to work because he/she has to keep his/ her…

$1,500 for small and midsize business that had to halt operations due to executive order OE-2020-23. In Puerto Rico, there are 43,000 SMEs that may request this aid.

Individual and micro enterprises that had to close their businesses or are indirectly affected by the Corona Pandemic will receive support of max CHF 4,000 per month. In the case of assisting spouses or co-managing directors, the contribution can be increased by 50 percent for a further person…

Income tax payment is postponed until July 15.

The Temporary COVID-19 Wage Subsidy is a scheme which allow employers to pay their employees during the current pandemic. It provides a subsidy up to 85% depending on employees’ previous average net weekly pay. The employer is expected to make their best efforts to maintain as close to 100% of…

The beneficiaries of the 80 dollar-voucher from the Panama Solidarity program will be able to use their identity cards as debit cards to purchase food and medicine in at least 300 establishments belonging to 13 supermarket chains and pharmacies. The known 'Solidarity Card' will allow…

Exceptional measures to safeguard the continued commercial activity of women with precarious businesses to survive

Authorizes the withdrawal of "cesantías" to people who became unemployed or their income decreased significantly due to COVID-19. The "cesantía" is, in Colombia, a benefit that every employer must contribute to for its workers so that they can meet their primary needs in the…

The government announced hotlines for the needy communities and households to reach them for their food items during the Covid-19 lock down This act has really helped them to start up to provide food for up to four hundred thousand (400, 000) individuals and homes in the affected areas of…

Food transfers and vouchers for food, medicine and inputs to prevent COVID19. Program for vulnerable families, including elderly, elderly in nursery homes. Program jointly implemented by Ministry of Social Development and Ministry of Agriculture (700 million quetzals or US$ 91million).

The country new Social Protection agency, the Agence Nationale d’Inclusion Economique et Sociale (ANIES) will distribute sanitation kits to 130,900 households (more than 850,000 people) in 102 subprefectures (1,920 districts) and the special zone of Conakry. This phase will take place from April…

Wage subsidy to formal workers in private sector whose contract has been suspended with the approval of the Ministry of Labor (75 quetzals or 9.7 dollars per day). Total 2000 million of quetzals (US$260 million). This is part of the Fondo para la Protección del Empleo (Employment Protection Fund…

As part of measures to bring some relief to frontline health workers, govt says they will enjoy 50 percent salary increase for three months starting April.

Bono Familia is a temporary social program created to help Guatemalan families in need who are being affected by the economic crisis generated by Covid-19. Guatemalans who receive this benefit must meet certain economic and social conditions established by state authorities.The Government will…

Business & Employee Assistance Terms (or BEAT) scheme is available to employers with inactive employees and self-employed individuals from relevant sectors that have been affected by the restrictions on economic activity and free movement of people.The scheme provides direct financial…