developmentpathways.co.uk (April 2020) The COVID-19 crisis has taught us some swift and valuable truths about social protection. In this new context, the simplistic dichotomy of the ‘poor and non-poor’ – which has often driven social protection policy – makes even less sense than it did prior to the crisis. Today’s apparently secure formal sector employee is tomorrow’s ‘poor person,’ once s/he becomes ill or loses their job and income. We need to think differently about the way we conceptualise social security, and we must remember these lessons long after the crisis is over.

contadoresenred.com (01.04.2020) l Decreto 332/20 establece una serie de beneficios para los empleadores, salvo para aquellos sujetos que realizan las actividades y servicios declarados esenciales en la emergencia sanitaria y cuyo personal fue exceptuado del aislamiento así como aquellas que no exterioricen indicios concretos que permitan inferir una disminución representativa de su nivel de actividad.

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• The $2 trillion federal stimulus package known as the CARES Act, signed into law by President Trump on Friday, will be a lifeline to many gig workers and freelancers.
• The law takes unprecedented steps to provide a social safety net for the self employed.
• It offers an additional $600 a week in unemployment insurance, bringing weekly payouts to the $800- to $900-a-week range when state benefits are added, to workers including the self-employed.

La Mutualité sociale agricole (MSA), a déployé une plateforme en ligne permettant à ses assurés de demander par eux-mêmes un arrêt de travail sans prescription médicale s’ils sont considérés comme étant des personnes à risque et s’ils sont affiliés à la MSA.

in.gov.br (01.04.2020) Art. 5: The Emergency Benefit for the Preservation of Employment and Income is created, to be paid in the following cases: I - proportional reduction of working hours and wages; and II - temporary suspension of the employment contract.

§ 1 The Emergency Benefit for the Preservation of Employment and Income will be paid for with Federal resources.

tsf.pt (01.04.2020) The unemployed will be allowed to work temporarily in social and health institutions. The measure created by the government and today published in Diário da República aims to support social and solidarity sector entities to face the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.

moh.gov.bh (18.03.2020)

Private sector employees who are registered with the national Social Insurance Organization will have their salaries paid for 3 months from April 2020 from the Unemployment Fund, according to the maximum salary stipulated in the Social Insurance Law, and that with a total value of 215 million BD.

moh.gov.bh (17.03.2020) The government guarantees electricity and water bills for all subscribers from individuals and companies for each of the months of April, May and June of this year, not to exceed the bills for the same period of last year for each subscriber with a total value of 150 million Bahraini dinars.
 

jordantimes.com (17.03.2020)

Labour Ministry announces 2-week official paid leave for public sector employees and will not be deducted from employees’ annual leave quota.

The New York Times (31.03.2020) The $2 trillion relief bill will send money directly to Americans, greatly expand unemployment coverage and make a number of other changes.