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…

state payments to workers temporarily laid off by their employers because of the crisis

€350 grant payment per employee under quarantine, to all employers to compensate for 14 days mandatory quarantine leave

deferring social security charges due in March

For a period of three months, the government will provide a monthly 200,000
MNT in financial support to employees of companies that are keeping their
workforce and have had their operations disrupted by National Emergency
Management Agency mandates.

En période d’activité partielle, l’employeur doit verser aux salariés une indemnité de 70 % de leur salaire brut par heure chômée. Cela correspond environ à 84 % du salaire net horaire.
L’indemnité horaire est portée à 100 % de la rémunération nette antérieure du salarié lorsque des…

The government will exempt businesses and entities from paying social
insurances fees between April 1 and October 1, however, health insurance
fees will need to be paid.

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…

Unemployed workers who don’t meet the conditions for unemployment social insurance can apply for an unemployment social assistance (lower than unemployment insurance).

All application deadlines are automatically extended until the end of the State of Emergency. Additional offices are being opened and all documents can be submitted electronically.

Halves contribution for health insurances for up to five months.

The Bulgarian state will give 1000 leva (about 500 euro) extra a month to every medical professional on the frontline against Covid-19 coronavirus

Increases the inter-provincial allocation reserve of the basic old-age pension fund from 3.5% to 4% to better support low-income regions.

Expanding the coverage and scope of the home visiting services provided to
elderly people and other vulnerable groups (people with disabilities), including
the delivery of food and medicines.

Enterprises with operational crisis can apply to delay contribution payment for up to six months

The measures include increasing the capital of state-owned Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB) to help businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic

Immediate Food Assistance to 22,500 families (around 90,000 people), whose
income is below the minimum wage or without any source of income

Support for workers in micro and small enterprises and self-employed in the
informal sector, including sellers of informal commerce and municipal
markets. These workers are guaranteed a value of 10,000 escudos (US$100)
for one month. 30,000 workers are expected to benefit.…

Expansion of CTs under the existing SP project to 8,000 families (from
original 5,000).

Reduction of the guarantee period for entitlement to unemployment benefit from 180 days to 60 days in the period from 1 April to 30 June at the date of submission of the application.

During the above-mentioned period, the age of the insured person shall not be taken into account for the…

Para fomentar a formalização das actividades económicas, sobretudo entre os operadores de transportes de passageiros por veículos e motorizadas, bem como para os operadores do comércio informal, o Ministério da Economia e Planeamento, o Ministério do Comércio, o Ministério dos Transportese o…

Possibility for the employer to suspend the provision of work by all or some workers, for a period of up to 90 days, starting from 1 April 2020, on the grounds of market difficulties, economic reasons and lack of supply of raw materials or other goods.

Para melhorar o rendimento das famílias mais pobres afectadas pela profundidade da crise económica que o país vive, inicia em Maio de 2020 a primeira fase do Programa de Transferência Social Monetária que irá ter um milhão e seiscentos mil beneficiários;

Cash transfer for retention migrant population in Wuhan. One-time cash
assistance of RMB 3000

Paragarantir o consumo de bens alimentares da cesta básicapara famílias mais vulneráveis, o Ministério da Acção Social, Família e Promoção da Mulher, o Ministério do Comércio e os Governos Provinciais desenvolvem campanhas de distribuição de bens da cesta básica para as populações mais…