weforum.org (11.11.2020) COVID-19 has accelerated global efforts to deliver digital healthcare. The move towards value-based healthcare could facilitate universal health coverage and aid post-pandemic recovery. Millions of people living in poverty could benefit directly from new model.
un.org (10.12.2020) The UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, slams the levels of financial support for children allocated by high-income countries during the pandemic as totally inadequate, in a child poverty report issued on Friday.
The child care benefit during COVID-19 pandemic will remain available to be used an unlimited number of times until June 2021, as provided by amendments to the Law on Maternity and Sickness Insurance approved by Latvian Saeima’s Social and Employment Matters Committee. The benefit will not be paid…
The child care benefit during COVID-19 pandemic will remain available to be used an unlimited number of times until June 2021, as provided by amendments to the Law on Maternity and Sickness Insurance approved by Latvian Saeima’s Social and Employment Matters Committee. Usually this benefit is paid for 14 calendar days, once. The benefit will not be available if the person is paid sick leave, parent, maternity, paternity or idle-period benefits. The benefit will not be paid if a person…
Ministry of Labour (01.12.2020) There will be a reduction in ancillary wage costs for all businesses with BUAG affiliation for the months of January to March 2021. Employers are relieved of the surcharges for the bridging allowance. This regulation also applies to the following years, but from…
There will be a reduction in ancillary wage costs for all businesses with BUAG affiliation for the months of January to March 2021. Employers are relieved of the surcharges for the bridging allowance. This regulation also applies to the following years, but from December to March. This relief for the companies makes it more attractive to keep employees busy over the winter.
2020-12-01
2. Relief for all employers with BUAG supplements in winter
There will also be a reduction in ancillary wage costs for all businesses with BUAG affiliation for the months of January to March 2021. Employers are relieved of the surcharges for the bridging…
Ministry of Labour (01.12.2020) Up to now, companies in the building trade and the construction industry have been reimbursed an amount of 17 percent for non-wage labor costs for the winter holidays, on which the employee is entitled to continued payment. The ancillary wage costs for social…
The ancillary wage costs for social security contributions, family burden compensation fund (FLAF) and municipal tax are now reimbursed in full for the six winter holidays on construction (December 24th to 26th and 31st and January 1st and 6th) at a rate of 30.1 percent. The financing is provided by the BUAK (construction workers vacation and severance fund ). This measure gives construction companies an incentive to keep their workers in employment over the winter instead of registering them…
2020-12-01
1. Compensation for ancillary wage costs during winter holidays
Up to now, companies in the building trade and the construction industry have been reimbursed an amount of 17 percent for non-wage labor costs for the winter holidays, on which the employee is entitled to continued payment. The…
Naver (09.12.2020) South Korea will extend its state employment insurance program to artists starting Thursday as the first step toward expanding coverage to all workers by 2025. The Ministry of Employment and Labor said Wednesday that artists under work contracts who earn monthly income of at…
South Korea will extend its state employment insurance program to artists starting Thursday as the first step toward expanding coverage to all workers by 2025. The Ministry of Employment and Labor said Wednesday that artists under work contracts who earn monthly income of at least 500,000 won ($460) will be eligible for coverage under the amended Employment Insurance Act.
2020-12-09
South Korea will extend its state employment insurance program to artists starting Thursday as the first step toward expanding coverage to all workers by 2025.
The Ministry…
Employment of young workers,Extension of coverage,COVID-19
UNDP (03.11.2020) Severe long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic could push an additional 207 million people into extreme poverty on top of the current pandemic trajectory, bringing the total to over 1 billion by 2030, according to findings released today by the United Nations Development…
Pagamentos adicionais aos beneficiários actuais do Programa Subsídio Social Básico (PSSB), do ProgramaAcção Social Productiva (PASP) e do Programa de Apoio Social Directo (PASD) – Cesta básica. Este apoio equivale a 3 meses adicionais de pagamentos e cobre um total de 592.179 Agregados Familiares em todo o território nacional.
Este apoio tem um orçamento estimado em US $ 29 milhões.
The National Police will hold a training program with a Rp 600,000 per month cash benefit for 197,000 taxi drivers and bus operators in the next three months.
In demonstration of its continual commitments to the fight against Covid-19; NaCSA (the National Commission for Social Action) is providing a one-off cash transfer of One Million Three Hundred and Nine Thousand Leones (SLL 1,309,00) to twenty-nine Thousand (29,000) Sierra Leoneans in Western Area districts and regional headquarter towns.
The Covid-19 Emergency Cash Transfer Programme is funded by the Government of Sierra Leone and the World Bank and it targets households with vulnerable…
Following the declaration of State of Public Health emergency by the Government of Sierra Leone to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, the National Commission for Social Action (NaCSA) has been on the frontline; providing cash transfers, social services and Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) to Persons with Disabilities and other Vulnerable Groups
Support for people living with chronic pain is especially important during the COVID-19 outbreak, when many people are feeling increased stress as access to health and social services may be reduced.
Today, the Minister of Health announced the release of the Canadian Pain Task Force's second report. The Minister also confirmed nearly $3.5 million in funding for three projects that will help provide support and access to care for people living with chronic pain.
Reduction in the penalty for late payment of social security contributions payable by employers in the amount of 24.8 percent of their employees’ wages (employer’s contributions) for the calendar months of May to July 2020.
If the contributions due for these months are paid by 20 October 2020, the employer will be required to pay only 20 percent of the standard penalty for late payment stipulated by the Insurance Premiums Act.2 The reduced penalty will thus correspond to approximately 4…
To ensure that Canadians continue to receive the help they need the Government of Canada has introduced three new benefits, delivered by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA): the Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB), the Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit (CRSB), and the Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit (CRCB).
The Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit provides $500 per week for up to 26 weeks per household, for eligible people unable to work because they must care for a child under 12 years old or other…
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Government of Saint Lucia to support an expansion of the nation’s Public Assistance Programme (PAP) by 1,000 households as part of the nation’s 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19) response.
To ensure that Canadians continue to receive the help they need the Government of Canada has introduced three new benefits, delivered by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA): the Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB), the Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit (CRSB), and the Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit (CRCB).
The CRB provides $500 per week for up to 26 weeks, to workers who have stopped working or had their employment/self-employment income reduced by at least 50% due to COVID-19 and who are not…
2020-10-12
Cash transfers,Information and communication technology,Service quality
Adjusted from 24 March 2020: the Government’s Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) is also to get a major overhaul to correspond with plans to introduce more severe Covid-19 restrictions.
The scheme, which was announced as part of the July Stimulus Package, allows employers and new businesses whose turnover has fallen 30pc due to the coronavirus claim a flat rate subsidy based on the number of their employees.
Under the existing scheme there are two different rates of payment but this will…
Adjusted from 21 April 2020: President Cyril Ramaphosa said that the government will be extending the special R350 COVID-19 grant by a further three months.
Ramaphosa made the announcement on Thursday when he delivered his economic recovery plan at a joint sitting of Parliament.
The plan focused mainly on job creation and other structural reforms in the economy.
Adjusted from 20 March 2020: The Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) will increase to €350 a week for anyone who was earning more than €400 before they lost their job due to Covid-19 restrictions.
The Government has decided to overhaul the welfare benefit to coincide with new restrictions being announced to stop the spread the virus.
At present, anyone earning less than €200 before the Covid-19 pandemic are paid €203 a week, those who earned between €200 and €300 gets €250 a week and those…
Federal Government’s commitment to prioritise the people’s welfare and prosperity through Budget 2021. He said it was "a budget for all" and was holistic, showing the government’s dedication in trying to recover the impact of Covid-19 while focusing on the welfare of the people. “The allocation of the Budget covers all aspects of welfare. This shows that the government is concerned about the plight of the rakyat in battling Covid-19.
Motorists are set to get a hammering in today’s Budget, but there will be a Christmas cash boost for most of those who lost their job due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
In a new scheme called the Pradhan Mantri Street Vendors Atmanirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi), the central government is extending Rs 10,000 loan as working capital to street vendors to restart their businesses which have been hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. The scheme is already a hit; so far 2.5 million street vendors have come forward seeking the loan.
Foi aprovada esta quinta-feira em Conselho de Ministros uma proposta de alteração ao Decreto-Lei n.º 46-A/2020, de 30 de julho, que regula o apoio extraordinário à retoma progressiva de atividade em empresas em situação de crise empresarial.
Esta alteração tem como objetivos reforçar os apoios à manutenção dos postos de trabalho nas empresas em maiores dificuldades; proteger os rendimentos dos trabalhadores, garantindo que quem for abrangido não receberá menos do que 88% da sua remuneração; e…
Rwanda has received a €52.87M (about Frw 55.5B) grant from the European Union to support the social protection coverage in response to the COVID-19 crisis. This grant is part of the EU’s €460M package of support to Rwanda signed in September, 2014 with the European Commission. The objective of the funding is to support Rwandan Government to expand social protection and promote agriculture supply chains in the context of the Government’s COVID 19 Economic Recovery Plan through increased cash…
Exceptional aid was paid to people over 18, couples and families beneficiaries of APL (Aide personnalisée au logement with dependent child(ren) who receive the minimum activity income, the overseas solidarity income, housing aid or certain aid paid by Pôle emploi (such as the specific solidarity allowance). The amount is €150 per adult and €100 per child. This aid is paid automatically without the need to apply for it. Recipients of RSA (Revenu de Solidarité Active) and housing allowances will…
In view of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has decided to increase the unemployment relief rate under the scheme to 50% of the average daily wage compared to the previous rate of 25% and to relax the criteria for ‘eligibility.
As of July 13th, the $750 Economic Support Payment will be paid Australians on lower incomes who are struggling financially due to COVID-19. About 5 million people that received the first $750 payment are eligible for the second payment.
It includes those on the age pension, disability support pension, carer payment, bereavement allowance, veteran service pension and veteran income support supplement.
The Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has extended the deadline by a year till June 30, 2021, for workers to avail of the unemployment benefit. The Atal Bimit Vyakti Kalyna Yojna was launched in June 2018 for two years on a pilot basis.
Under the scheme, the unemployment benefit is paid to the workers covered under the ESI Scheme. For the employees who lost jobs due to coronavirus, the central government has extended the deadline for the claim of unemployment allowance to 30 June…
Aged, carer, family and disability welfare recipients will receive $500 in cash payments in the next five months, in a move the Federal Government hopes will stimulate the Australian economy.
Two $250 payments — to be paid in December 2020 and March 2021 — will come as Australia contends with its first recession in almost three decades.
The recipients will be people who receive the age pension, disability support pension, carer payment, family tax benefit, family tax benefit lump sum, double…
the amendments enable the use of support for persons who independently perform activities within the cultural and creative sector and artistic organizations registered in accordance with the Law on the Rights of Independent Artists and the Promotion of Cultural and Artistic Creativity.
Eligible employers are sheltered workshops, integrative workshops and work units for the employment of persons with disabilities, regardless of the sector in which they operate, and the duration of the measure is from 1 July to 31 December 2020.
The support is awarded in the amount of HRK 4,000.00 per month per full-time employee, ie a proportional part per employee according to the number of part-time hours and HRK 250 contribution for pension insurance based on individual capitalized…
The planned increase in expenditure is only possible because donors have pledged additional money for the response to Covid-19. The government had requested 700 million US dollars, said Rosario, "with the goal of mobilising resources to guarantee prevention and treatment of Covid-19, to ensure social protection, to compensate for the loss of state revenue, and to help the business sector recover from the effects of the pandemic".
[...] the number of beneficiaries from the government…
Support for people living with chronic pain is especially important during the COVID-19 outbreak, when many people are feeling increased stress as access to health and social services may be reduced.
Today, the Minister of Health announced the release of the Canadian Pain Task Force's second report. The Minister also confirmed nearly $3.5 million in funding for three projects that will help provide support and access to care for people living with chronic pain.
The presidency has scored R12.6bn to address youth unemployment. Of that, R9.9bn goes towards the employment of 344,000 unemployed youths who passed matric, as school assistants about the country, R1.9bn to create work opportunities in line departments, R1bn to retain self-employed food producers in the agricultural sector, R630m for provinces to create jobs through road-maintenance projects, and R393m towards the recruitment of community health-care workers and nurses.
The department of…
To ensure that Canadians continue to receive the help they need the Government of Canada has introduced three new benefits, delivered by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA): the Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB), the Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit (CRSB), and the Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit (CRCB).
The Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit provides $500 per week for up to 26 weeks per household, for eligible people unable to work because they must care for a child under 12 years old or other…
COVID-19 has affected the incomes of some health professionals by reducing demand for care and increasing expenditures for treatment preparedness. In a survey of 14 European countries, we found that most countries have incentivised substitutive e-health services to avoid loss of income. Health…
OpenGov Asia (01.12.2020) The pandemic has fundamentally changed lifestyles and thought processes across the world. There is a paradigm shift in the way people now interact with each other. With social distancing becoming the new norm, citizens are increasingly becoming dependent on technology to…
Gov.pl website (02.12.2020) Insured persons in quarantine or isolation (including at home) are entitled to sickness benefits. In principle, you do not need to submit a declaration to receive the benefit. The IT system of the e-Health Center is a system from which the Social Insurance Institution…
Insured persons in quarantine or isolation are entitled to sickness benefits. In principle, you do not need to submit a declaration to receive the benefit. The IT system of the e-Health Center is a system from which the Social Insurance Institution obtains information about the imposed quarantine or isolation and places it on the Electronic Services Platform (PUE ZUS) .
2020-12-02
If you are in quarantine or are ill in isolation, first of all, inform your employer as soon as possible. You can do it, for example, by phone or e-mail. You will not need a sick leave. You also do not have to deliver the paper sanitary inspection decision to the employer or to the…
Cash sickness benefits,Information and communication technology,COVID-19
Gov.pl website (26.11.2020) PFR 2.0 Financial Shield for micro-enterprises - up to PLN 3 billion of support
For companies employing from 1 to 9 employees from 38 industries from the Polish Classification of Activities
Turnover or balance sheet total for 2019 up to EUR 2 million
Financial…
PFR 2.0 Financial Shield for micro-enterprises. Financial subsidies - 18 thousand. PLN or 36 thousand. PLN per employee. The amount of the subsidy depends on the number of employees and the decrease in turnover. For companies that recorded a turnover decrease in 2020 by at least 30% due to COVID-19. Non-returnable funds, provided that the business is maintained and employment is maintained for 12 months.
Gov.pl website (09.11.2020) A parent can apply for care allowance if they are looking after people in quarantine or solitary confinement at home:
a child under 14,
a child with a severe disability certificate or a disability certificate including the following indications: the need for…
A parent can apply for care allowance if they are looking after people in quarantine or solitary confinement at home:
a child under 14,
a child with a severe disability certificate or a disability certificate including the following indications: the need for permanent or long-term care or assistance of another person due to the significantly limited possibility of independent existence and the need for constant daily participation of the child's guardian in the process of its treatment,…
The COVID-19 pandemic has put a lot of pressure on health care services and elderly care. Staff have had an extremely heavy and often stressful workload and have worked very hard. The risk of mental ill health may have increased. This is why the Government proposes funds to support staff in…
A fund at the regional and municipal levels is aimed at providing crisis support for staff in health and elderly care who worked with COVID-19 patients. This entails mental health services, such as crisis support, counselling and trauma support.
blogs.worldbank.org (28.10.2020) Covariate shocks including disasters, economic crises, and pandemics threaten to reverse decades of gains achieved in poverty reduction and shared prosperity in the region. These shocks tend to disproportionately affect the poor and push near poor households into…
politica.expansion.mx (10.07.2020) A one-time cash benefit of 3,000 pesos is intended for people 18 years of age and older who live in the State of Mexico (Edomex) and who during the last four months lost their formal or informal employment, due to the health emergency caused by the COVID-19…
A one-time cash benefit of 3,000 pesos is intended for people 18 years of age and older who live in the State of Mexico (Edomex) and who during the last four months lost their formal or informal employment, due to the health emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The cash support will be delivered in two monthly installments, each of 1,500 pesos. Informal workers will need to sign a declaration under oath of saying the truth about having lost their (informal) employment due COVID-…
2020-11-30
A partir de este jueves, el gobierno del Estado de México puso en marcha el Programa de Apoyo al Desempleo , con el que otorgará un apoyo económico de 3,000 pesos a cada uno de los trabajadores que perdieron su trabajo en los últimos cuatro meses debido a la emergencia sanitaria por el…
Unemployment,Extension of coverage,Difficult-to-cover groups
NHK (27.11.2020) The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare announced that the exceptional treatment of Employment Adjustment Subsidy is extended to February 2021. The exceptional treatments include the increase of maximum amount of daily allowance to 15,000 yen per an employee. The…
The exceptional treatment of Employment Adjustment Subsidy is extended to February 2021. The exceptional treatments include the increase of maximum amount of daily allowance to 15,000 yen per an employee.
2020-11-27
Unemployment,Extension of coverage,Cash transfers,COVID-19
canada.ca (24.11.2020)
The Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS), which covers up to 65% of an employee’s wages for qualifying eligible employers, has been extended until June 2021.
The Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS), which covers up to 65% of an employee’s wages for qualifying eligible employers, has been extended until June 2021.
candada.ca (24.11.2020)
Business owners can apply for new support measures. If you own a small business, run a charity, or operate a non-profit that has suffered a drop in revenue because of the pandemic, the new Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy (CERS) is available. It provides a direct and easy-to-…
Business owners can apply for new support measures. If you own a small business, run a charity, or operate a non-profit that has suffered a drop in revenue because of the pandemic, the new Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy (CERS) is available. It provides a direct and easy-to-access rent and mortgage subsidy of up to 65% of eligible expenses. The subsidy rates are in effect until December 19, 2020. This support is available directly to tenants. Qualifying organizations that have…
Government of Iceland (20.11.2020) A one-time payment of ISK 50,000 will be made before 18 December to recipients of disability and rehabilitation pensions who are eligible for pensions during the year, in addition to the December supplement that is usually paid during the month.
A one-time payment of ISK 50,000 will be made before 18 December to recipients of disability and rehabilitation pensions who are eligible for pensions during the year, in addition to the December supplement that is usually paid during the month.
Gouvernement.fr (13.11.2020) Employers can postpone all or part of the payment of employee and employer contributions for the dates of November 5 and 15, 2020, on request online from URSSAF (in the absence of a response within 48 hours, this request is considered accepted). In addition, personal…
Employers can postpone all or part of the payment of employee and employer contributions for the dates of November 5 and 15, 2020, on request online from URSSAF. In addition, personal social contributions for self-employed workers (excluding contracted health professionals) will not be deducted in November .
Gouvernement.fr (13. 11. 2020) This concerns companies with less than 50 employees closed administratively and those with less than 250 employees in the tourism, events, culture, sport, air transport sectors with a loss of activity of at least 50% :
employers benefit from a total…
Eligible employers benefit from a total exemption from employer social contributions excluding supplementary pensions, and assistance with the payment of social contributions of 20% of the payroll; the self-employed receive a lump sum reduction of social contributions.
On April 8, Uruguay enacted Law No. 19,874 creating the Covid-19 Solidarity Fund , a precedent seen by the cross-sectional group of 16 economists who proposed a similar formula to address the emergency and post-pandemic recovery in Chile. The formula of creating a Covid fund, from which up to US $…
In April, the Uruguayan government approved a Covid-19 Solidarity Fund that established a new monthly tax that levies the average and high wages of all authorities and officials of the powers of the State; companies with state participation and people who maintain contracts for personal services with the state (such as leases, among others). The only exception is health personnel who participate in emergency care.
2020-04-01
On April 8, Uruguay enacted Law No. 19,874 creating the Covid-19 Solidarity Fund , a precedent seen by the cross-sectional group of 16 economists who proposed a similar formula to address the emergency and post-pandemic recovery in Chile.
The formula of creating a Covid fund, from which…
