activpayroll.com (12.05.2020) Suspension of pension contributions for workers and employers for a period of three months, guaranteeing the payment of provisional insurance of 3% (of which 75% is covered by the employer, and 25% by the employee; self-employed persons cover all 3%). Under normal…
Suspension of pension contributions for workers and employers for a period of three months, guaranteeing the payment of provisional insurance of 3% (of which 75% is covered by the employer, and 25% by the employee; self-employed persons cover all 3%). Under normal circumstances, the pension contribution is 16%, with the employer contributing 12% and the employee contributing the remaining 4%. If a business made payments and discounts for the month of April 2020, before the issuance of decree…
2020-04-09
Old-age pensions,Contribution collection and compliance
Contribution of public officials and contractors to support independent workers and the middle class, for 4 months. State officials and contractors with salaries over 10 million will make a contribution of 10% of their salary. Those earning a salary of more than 15 million will make a contribution of 15% during the same period.
Extension of health coverage at the Ecuadorian Social Security Institute (IESS) to those who are unemployed for 90 days or more. In short, it will be 120 days of total coverage.
Distribution of food package to 3,500 families benefiting from social programs for a total of $ 1.4 billion guaraníes ($211M). This is also provided to day laborers, self-employed and indigenous communities.
The National Government, through the Food Security Policy, decided to implement the Ñangareko programme, which will consist of cash transfers for the purchase of food and hygiene products, to some 330,000 families, whose livelihoods are being affected by the quarantine measures imposed by the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). The financial assistance will consist of a G. 230,000 voucher to be managed through an electronic wallet, and the beneficiaries will be able to use the amount for the…
Prevent evictions of those who rent their homes. No one can be evicted for delaying their rent payments, while the emergency lasts and for up to 60 days afterwards.
A National Humanitarian Assistance Account will be created to ensure health care, food provision, employment protection, and to extend the Family Protection Bond. The account will not be administered by the regime, but by representatives of civil society who will be responsible for monitoring income. Companies that earned more than 1 million dollars will contribute 5% of that profit in three monthly payments. Workers earning from $500 will also contribute: for the next nine months $2 per month…
(City of Maricá) In order to assist those in informal economy and self-employed workers affected by the pandemic, a minimum wage (R$ 1,045) is to be paid, converted into Mumbucas, for three months. The city estimates that 6,000 workers are affected.
To support the households cope with reduced income, increased health related
spending and other hardships due to the virus outbreak, the following measure
has been proposed:
- An Emergency Income Grant, to support those employees who have lost
their jobs due to the pandemic and its fallout. This is a once-off payment
of N$750 to people who have lost their jobs, either in the informal or in
the formal sector, essentially to stave off the vulnerabilities which arise.Payment will be made by…
(City of Maricá) Students from public schools will receive family food baskets for the next three months, totaling approximately R $ 10.2 million. Food baskets will be delivered to their houses.
2020-03-21
Food and nutrition,Family benefits,Social assistance
The total Stimulus and Relief Package amounts to N$8.1 billion, comprising of N$5.9 billion in direct support to businesses, households and cash flow acceleration payments for services rendered to Government and N$2.3 billion off-balance sheet Government liabilities. The Package is directed at:-
• formal and informal businesses in sectors which are directly affected by the lockdown measures, and
• households and the related labour market aspects such as job retention to mitigate the negative…
The city of Maricá in Brazil will increase the existing cash transfers amount from R$130 ($25) to R$300 per month ($60) at least through June. Total beneficiaries of this scheme will 42,000 of the city’s lowest-income residents. Moreover, End-of-year bonuses will be advanced to make April’s payment an even larger R$430 per person.
Employers meeting specific criteria concerning turnover decline could lower
employee's working time to 80% (and get 40% of average wage covered by
the state, with firms covering the remaining 40%). In case of significant
problems, companies can use economic stoppage with wages reduced to 0.5
of regular level; the government will cover almost half of the remuneration.
In addition, one-person companies and people working based on civil law
contracts could get up to 80% of the minimum…
The IAFAS SIS will affiliate exceptionally and temporarily, Peruvian and foreigners to the subsidized regime to Peruvian and foreign people, regardless whether they are residents or not, who are in the national territory and do not have a health insurance, and if they are diagnosed or suspected of being diagnosed with coronavirus.
Benefit of 350,000 bolivares for Venezuelans enrolled in the Carnet de la Patria. This grant is part of the "Bonos especiales del mes de abril" (special for the comprehensive protection of the people who remain in social, collective and voluntary quarantine in the face of the global pandemic of COVID-19.
A 2.5 billion TND emergency plan ($0.8 billion or 2 percent of GDP) was announced on March 21. The plan also includes a support for those who will be on temporary unemployment because of the COVID19 shock (300 TND million).
NEW benefit: child benefit (under 10 years old) at the level of subsistence minimum for the parents who lost their jobs and do not have the right to receive unemployment benefit (self employed or informal sector).
AMPLIACIÓN DEL BONO FAMILIAS a los estudiantes de Las Unidades Educativas Fiscales y de Convenio del Área de Educación de Personas Jóvenes y Adultas del Subsistema de Educación Alternativa y Especial; Las Unidades Educativas Privadas de los niveles inicial, primaria y secundaria.
The government introduced one-off cash assistance of 1 thousand hryvnia ($35) for seniors with low pensions (pensions up to 5 thousand UAH), children with disabilities and beneficiaries of social pensions.
Se otorga por única vez un Bono Universal equivalente a Bs500.- (QUINIENTOS 00/100 BOLIVIANOS) a todos los bolivianos desde los dieciocho (18) años cumplidos hasta los menores de sesenta (60) años. Decreto Supremo 4215.
A Universal Bonus equivalent to Bs500 (FIVE HUNDREDS 00/100 BOLIVIANS) is granted for one time to all Bolivians from eighteen (18) years old to less than sixty (60) years old. Supreme Decree 4215.
Adults will get $1,200 each and children $500 each. The benefit will start
decreasing at a rate of $5 for every additional $100 in income. The phaseout
starts at $75,000 in adjusted gross income for singles, $112,500 for heads of
household, and $150,000 for married couples filing jointly; it will phase out
entirely by $99,000 for singles and $198,000 for couples (with no
children).
Interest-free loans for the payment of wages to employees of business entities
that have suspended their activities in connection with the announcement of
quarantine.
Informal workers who may have lost their source of revenue will receive a monthly 300 USD subsidy for three months if they belong to the poorest 60% of households. For workers in the 40-60th percentile, the benefit has a declining amount. Workers have to update their status in the Social Household Registry to be eligible.
The Government approved the Bono Rural of 760 soles that will reach one million families that are in conditions of poverty or extreme poverty living in the rural areas of the country.
Sick leave is normally paid at the rate of 60-80% salary depending on the
employment history. For the duration of quarantine, it is increased to 100% of
the salary for everyone and covers parents whose child is in quarantine.
"Proyecto lanzado por el Presidente:
1. Evitar los desalojos de aquellas personas que arriendan sus viviendas. ""Nadie podrá ser desalojado por retrasarse en sus pagos de arriendo, mientras dure la emergencia y hasta 60 días después.""
2.Ampliación de la cobertura de salud en el Instituto Ecuatoriano de Seguridad Social (IESS) a quienes se queden sin empleo por 90 días o más. En síntesis, serán 120 días de cobertura total.
3.El seguro de desempleo se cobrará en siete…
Les décrets n°2020-73 du 31 janvier 2020 et n° 2020-193 du 4 mars 2020 prévoient une mesure d’isolement, d’éviction ou de maintien à domicile des salariés qui se trouvent dans l’impossibilité de travailler. Le délai de carence ne s’applique pas lorsqu’un des deux parents d’un ou plusieurs enfants de moins de 16 ans est concerné par une fermeture d’école en zone de circulation du virus. Le parent bénéficie alors d’un arrêt de travail indemnisé (si une solution de télétravail n’a pu être…
The government will waive personal income taxes for 526,000 entities and
individuals between April 1 and October 1, with the exception of public
servants, employees of state and local state-owned enterprises, and companies
that have received government tenders.
The Social Security Corporation (SSC) will provide in-kind support to about
100,000 (other reports indicate 35,000-50,000) vulnerable families that
include an individual over the age of 70 and casual workers. Food parcels
have a monetary value of JD40-50. The program may be extended to persons
with chronic illnesses. SSC is also studying to expanding the list to include
families whose breadwinners have lost their work, especially those working
in the informal sector, in case the…
The government announced that the bread subsidy registration database will
be used for a temporary emergency program to support households that were
affected by the COVID-19 with JD70 (about $100) every two weeks.
Completing the enrollment of additional 25,000 households beneficiaries of Year Two of the NAF expansion Takaful Program to make the payment in April 2020. The government is considering online enrolment and digital payment
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 disease through a national response plan worth 95.880 billion CFA francs aimed at breaking the chain of transmission of the disease,” Mr. Ouattara said in a solemn address to the nation aired Monday evening on…
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 for Quarter 1 of 2020 payment cycle [around
24,000 households]. Payment to be made early April.
