Australia: Economic Support Payment - Services Australia

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Services Australia (08.05.2020) Economic Support Payment: The first Economic Support Payment is a one-off payment of $750. You’ll get it if you were living in Australia between 12 March 2020 and 13 April 2020 and either:

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Bermuda: Unemployment Benefit update | Government of Bermuda

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Government of Bermuda (03.04.2020) Unemployment Benefit is newly established and administered through the Department of Workforce Development. The Covid – 19 Unemployment Benefit is for full-time (more than 15 hours per week) employees not currently on Financial Assistance and provides a payment of 60% of their weekly gross salary up to a maximum of $500 per week. The benefit is for a maximum of 12 weeks in total per employee from the date of application.

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Jordan: Defence Order suspending items of Social Security Law

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jordantimes.com (19.03.2020)

Private-sector employers can choose to suspend employer and employee contributions to the country's old-age pension program for 3 months starting in March. In the case where firms will choose to do so, they will only pay 5.25% as contribution rate, instead of 21.75%. Employers who choose not to do so may instead defer their contributions for this 3-month period and pay them over a period extending to the end of 2023 with no interest.

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Jersey: Social Security Contributions Covid-19 Order 2020

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jerseylaw.je (04.04.2020)
Social security contributions for the first 2 quarters of 2020 (those due in April and July) will be automatically deferred by 12 months for employers with less than 80 employees and self-employed persons. (Employers with 80 or more employees who can demonstrate that they have been severely affected by the crisis may request a deferral.)

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jersey
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Moldova: Unemployment benefits during the state of emergency

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National Employment Agency (10.04.2020) According to the provisions of Provision no. 16 of April 10, 2020 of the Commission for Exceptional Situations of the Republic of Moldova, unemployed persons, including those returning from abroad, may apply for monthly unemployment benefit in the amount of 2775 lei (point 11).

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India: COVID-19 impact: Informal economy workers excluded from most govt measures, be it cash transfers or tax benefits

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firstpost.com (11.05.2020) COVID-19 is far more than a health crisis. The economic crisis--a severe fallout of the virus--is grim, and much grimmer for developing countries like India. The pandemic has already exposed the health vulnerabilities facing India, especially its rural poor, and urban slum dwellers.

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india
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Antigua and Barbuda: Government to provide relief packages to some families

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antiguaobserver.com (28.03.2020) PM Gaston Browne announced that relief packages will be made available to single-parent and no-income households.

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antigua
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Cuba: Transferencia monetaria de 250 pesos mensuales para asistentes integrales de salud y equipos de lavandería

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cubatel.com (30.04.2020) Se pagará una estimulación a aquellos trabajadores que laboran en los 31 hospitales dispuestos en Cuba para la atención a pacientes de coronavirus. Se trata de los asistentes integrales de salud y los equipos de lavandería. Estas personas recibirán un pago mensual extra del 250 pesos cubanos.

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Cuba: Se garantiza asistencia social a trabajadores por cuenta propia y trabajadores cíclicos

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tvavila.icrt.cu (16.04.2020) Los trabajadores por cuenta propia que no han podido mantener su negocio o resultan más vulnerables a la COVID-19, son beneficiados por la asistencia social en Cuba, anunció hoy Marta Elena Feitó Cabrera, ministra de Trabajo y Seguridad Social.

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Cuba: Prórroga de 6 meses de las prestaciones de carácter temporal

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mtss.gob.cu (30.04.2020) Se prorrogan por un plazo de 6 meses, el término de vigencia de las prestaciones familiares con carácter temporal establecidas bajo el artículo 272 del decreto no. 283 del Consejo de Ministros.

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cuba
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