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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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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: Subsidio para padres trabajadores por el cuidado de sus hijos

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mtss.gob.cu (30.04.2020) La madre, padre o tutor que tengan condición de trabajadores y estén encargados del cuidado del menor al que se le haya suspendido la escuela primaria y especial, reciben durante el primer mes una garantía salarila equivalente al 100% de su salario básico; subsecuentemente, la compensación será del 60%. Esto también aplica a padres y tutores que hayan decidido no llevar a sus hijos a los Círculos Infantiles o a cuidadores particulares, aún cuando estos centros no hayan sido cerrados.

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Argentina: Salario complementario para trabajadores en el sector privado

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boletinoficial.gob.ar (20.04.2020) El Decreto 376/2020 sobre el Programa de Asistencia de Emergencia al Trabajo y la Producción estableció un salario complementario correspondiente al mes de febrero, que consiste en una asignación abonada por el Estado Nacional (50%) para los trabajadores y las trabajadoras en relación de dependencia del sector privado.

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Brazil: Aid for informal and independent workers - "Coronavoucher"

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planalto.gov.br (02.04.2020) The benefit of continuous provision (BPC) is going to be granted to workers in the informal sector and to the self-employed. The benefit of R$600 (approx. USD $120) will be provided for the period of three months and to a maximum of two members of the same family unit whose family income is below a certain threshold; single mothers will receive two assistance quotas every month. Recipients of Bolsa Família will receive the BPC as replacement.

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Lithuania: For the self-employed: how to get a subsidy during the period of quarantine?

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Employment services (31.03.2020) During emergencies and quarantine, the state provides support to the self-employed. Applications for benefits are available to the self-employed from 5 April.

One benefit is granted and paid to one self-employed person, regardless of the number of self-employed activities.

The benefit will also be available to persons exempt from social security contributions: pensioners, the disabled who have started their activity for the first time.

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Croatia: Temporary suspension of employment and self-employment grants

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home.kpmg/hr (26.03.2020) Temporary suspension of previous grants for self-employment and employment in order to secure additional funds for preserving jobs in COVID 19 affected sectors.

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Estonia: Temporary subsidy program

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tootukassa.ee (23.03.2020)

Temporary subsidies will be paid to those employees whose employers are significantly impacted by the current extraordinary circumstances. The subsidy will grant an income for the employees and help the employers to surpass temporary difficulties without having to lay off their staff or call bankruptcy. The subsidy is paid, when an employer is in a situation where they comply with at least two of the following terms:

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