The increased use of teleworking due to the coronavirus will not be taken into account for the determination of the applicable social security legislation.
Coronavirus and living or working across the border: social insurance does not change in principle The government has taken temporary measures to ensure that the coronavirus does not spread further. Many people therefore have to work from home. For frontier workers this may mean that they work in a different country than usual. However, this particular situation has no consequences for the social security of frontier workers.
indiatoday.in (27.03.2020) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced a 22,200 million Indian Rupees (INR) support package for the welfare of economically weaker sections of society in Odisha to deal with the coronavirus related impact.
The measures include :
diariolibre.com (25.03.2020) “En concreto, a partir del 1 de abril, las 811,000 familias que hoy tienen la tarjeta Solidaridad y que reciben en promedio 1,500 pesos mensuales, les vamos a realizar un aumento por dos meses del componente ‘Comer es Primero’, para que dispongan de 5,000 pesos mensuales para la adquisición de alimentos y productos de primera necesidad en la Red de Abastecimiento Social”, dijo el mandatario durante el discurso.
telemundo47.com (25.03.2020) El Gobierno dominicano distribuirá alimentos durante la crisis de salud. “En este momento, el Plan Social de la Presidencia está en capacidad de servir cada día a 45 mil familias con 3 raciones cada una, suficiente para nueve días de alimentación. A ese ritmo, cubrirán cada semana a 315 mil familias en todo el territorio nacional”, dijo Medina.
info.gov.hk (03.01.2020)
ilo.org (25.03.2020) Governments must use the momentum created by the COVID-19 pandemic to make rapid progress toward collectively financed, comprehensive, and permanent social-protection systems.
