President Alassane Ouattara of Cote d’Ivoire has announced a response plan funded up to 95.8 billion CFA francs as a new mechanism to battle the spreading coronavirus pandemic in the country.
We are going to strengthen the operational mechanism for the prevention and management of the…
Due to the curfew, the government will deliver the cash to the houses
of all the current beneficiaries of the National Aid Fund (NAF)
monthly cash transfer program for March 2020 [around 100,000
households]. The payment will start on 29 March.
- Payments will be made…
The government approved a proposal for legislative changes in the field of
employment. It will now be possible for a job seeker to register at the Labor
Office online and from anywhere. Additionally, persons registered with the Labor Office
will now have up to 3 days to…
Social assistance and pensions will be increased by EUR 30 per month to all beneficiaries of receiving a monthly amount lower than EUR 100, for the period of April - June 2020, amounting in total of EUR 13 million.
The Estonian Unemployment Insurance Fund will compensate 70% of the
average wages from the last 12 months but no more than Euro 1,000. The
compensation is paid to those workers with no work to carry out, or whose
wages were already cut because of the lack of workload. The…
Payment of monthly assistance will be at EUR 130 for each individual resulting as unemployed due to the public health emergency situation. The total coverage amounts to EUR 4 million.
Monthly salaries coverage will be covered at the amount of EUR 170 per employee for the period of April-May 2020. The total amount of this measure is EUR 41 million. Monthly salaries coverage of EUR 130 will be awarded for the first two months to any new hired employee during the COVID-19…
Persons ending unemployed and previous not benefiting from rent subsidy, can now benefit from the rent subsidy. In case of individuals already benefiting from rent subsidy this will be increased (to an amount not specified). This measure is applicable also if only one dependent has his job…
Employees who ended up unemployed as from 9th March, will benefit from a special unemployment benefit of €800 per month.
Disable individuals who due to their medical condition were unable to continue working will also be entitled to a €800 per month for a period to be specified
Individuals employed with entities which suffered a downturn in operations of at least 25% but continued operating, will benefit from a 1 day per week benefit, based on a salary cap of €800 per month covered by government. This benefit is applicable also in the case of self- employed and is…
Self-employed workers who are affected by the consequences of the coronavirus can submit a written request to their social insurance fund to request a 1-year deferral of the payment of provisional social contributions, without being charged any increases and with no effect on benefits.
To promote the use of electronic payment tools the Western Africa Central
Bank (BCEAO) is providing more flexible measures to open a mobile money
and making transfers between people backed by electronic money free. The measures are effective for 30 days, renewable.
SMEs with a layoff rate lower than 5.5% (estimated unemployment rate) can apply for a refund 50% of previous year’s unemployment contribution. The threshold is 20% for enterprises with less than 30 employees. Some cities refunds up to 80%
All medical certificates determining the degree of lost working capacity (the
validity of these documents for people below standard retirement age is
between 1 and 3 years; working capacity of people above standard retirement
age doesn’t need to be reassessed) which expire…
