bundesregierung.de (27.03.2020)

The Government is supporting small business to retain their apprentices and trainees. This measure will support up to 70,000 small businesses, employing around 117,000 apprentices.

portugal.gov.pt (13.03.2020) Extraordinary professional training support is created, in the amount of 50% of the worker's remuneration up to the limit of the National Minimum Wage, plus the cost of training, for the situations of workers not employed in productive activities for considerable periods, with the guarantee being given social protection of trainees and trainers in the course of training activities, as well as beneficiaries engaged in active employment policies who are prevented from attending training actions.

info.gov.hk (26.02.2020)

The budget also allocates about $2.5 billion of additional expenditure to the Employees Retraining Board to increase the maximum amount of monthly allowance for trainees.        

"I am well aware that financial resources alone are not enough to tackle the challenges we are facing," Mr Chan said. "However, making good use of fiscal reserves to support enterprises and relieve people's hardship is certainly in line with our people's expectations towards the Government under the current difficult environment." 

government.nl (16.03.2020)

lesoir.be (06.03.2020) L’ensemble de ces mesures visent, d’une part, à permettre aux entreprises touchées de mettre leurs salariés en chômage temporaire afin de préserver l’emploi et, d’autre part, à prévoir des modalités d’étalement, de report, de dispense de paiement de cotisations sociales, précomptes et impôts, pour les entreprises et les indépendants. Le chômage temporaire pour force majeure sera prolongé de trois mois, jusqu’au 30 juin 2020. Il pourra également être invoqué dans l’attente de la reconnaissance du statut d’entreprise en difficulté.

funcionpublica (10.03.2020)Medidas temporales y excepcionales de carácter preventivo: Teniendo en cuenta que la tos, fiebre y dificultad para respirar son los principales síntomas del COVID-19, los organismos y entidades públicas y privadas deben evaluar la adopción de las siguientes medidas temporales.

jdsupra.com (16.03.2020) If the activities of the company are strongly affected by COVID-19, employers can apply for a permit for a reduction in working time (werktijdverkorting) at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment. This means that employees will temporarily work reduced time. Employees can receive a temporary unemployment benefit for the hours not worked, while they remain fully employed by the Employer. The permit is valid for a period of maximum 6 weeks and can be extended for a maximum total period of 24 weeks.