Hong Kong: A very comprehensive COVID-19 OSH Information Pack

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The Occupational Safety and Health Council has developed a COVID-19 OSH Information Pack, which includes a wealth of ressources for many areas of economic activity. Some of these ressources are available in multiple languages, such as Chinese, English, Filipino, Nepali and Urdu: 

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Hong Kong, China
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Occupational accidents and diseases
Prevention of occupational risks
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Slovenia: ANTICORONA PACKAGE – current measures to assist employers (update)

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jadek-pensa.si (10.08.2020)

The main measures are, under certain conditions:

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slovenia
Global challenges
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Social assistance
Cash transfers
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Denmark dishes out salaries to virus-hit companies

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euractiv.com (09.04.2020) Denmark has always prided itself on its “flexicurity” model that marries the free market with a welfare society, but in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has chosen another strategy. Like several other European countries, it chose to effectively fork over money to companies to pay the wages of their staff. “It is important for me here today to send a signal to companies: Keep on your employees,” Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said.

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denmark
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Unemployment
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Slovenia: Prime Minister Janez Janša together with ministers presents a package of anti-corona measures to help the population and the economy

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gov.si (24.03.2020) A set of measures to preserve jobs will be implemented:

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slovenia
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Unemployment
Contribution collection and compliance

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Serbia: State sets aside €5.1b to mitigate coronavirus economic blow

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srbija.gov.rs (31.03.2020) The set of economic measures includes a total of nine measures, with an estimated effect of RSD 608.3 billion. Of these nine measures, three are fiscal policy measures, two are direct assistance to the private sector and measures to preserve the liquidity of the economy, and other measures include a dividend moratorium by the end of the year and fiscal stimulus - that is, a direct assistance to all citizens of legal age.

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serbia
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Contribution collection and compliance
Social assistance
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Sénégal: Paiement des factures d'électricité : La mesure est à "effet immédiat"

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aps.sn (06.04.2020)

L’Etat a décidé de prendre en charge les dépenses pour une valeur de 15, 5 milliards de francs Cfa pour le paiement des factures d’électricité des ménages abonnés à la tranche sociale pour un bimestre, soit environ 975 522 ménages. Un montant de 3 milliards est également alloué pour la prise en charge des factures d’eau de 662 000 ménages de la tranche sociale pour également un bimestre. (La tranche sociale, ce sont ceux qui sont dans la tranche inférieure ou égale à 250 kw/heure).

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senegal
Global challenges
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Family benefits
Social assistance
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Togo: Le Togo lance "Novissi", un programme de soutien aux populations vulnérables

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novissi.gouv.tg (08.04.2020) Le gouvernement togolais a annoncé ce jour, le lancement d’un programme destiné à aider les populations les plus vulnérables à faire face aux difficultés liées à la pandémie mondiale du Coronavirus. L’initiative dénommée « Novissi » (entraide en éwé), vise à soutenir les couches sociales les plus impactées par les mesures restrictives prises par le gouvernement afin d’enrayer la progression de la maladie dans le pays.

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togo
Global challenges
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Social assistance
Cash transfers

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