Switzerland is one of the countries most affected by the coronavirus, with over 16,000 positive tests and almost 400 deaths.
Here’s the latest:
natlawreview.com (27.03.2020)
Measures benefiting children or families with children
$3.5 billion in additional funding for Child Care Development Block Grants to provide childcare assistance to healthcare sector employees, emergency responders, sanitation workers, and other essential workers.
$25 billion for food assistance, including nearly $16 billion for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and nearly $9 billion for child nutrition.
home.kpmg (27.03.2020)
The CARES Act allows employers and self-employed individuals to defer payment of the employer share (6.2%) of the social security tax they otherwise are responsible for paying in 2020, effective for payments due after March 27, 2020. Fifty percent of the deferred payroll taxes are due on December 31, 2021, and the remaining amounts are due on December 31, 2022.
home.kpmg (27.03.2020)
elpais.com (20.03.2020)
lamoncloa.gob.es (16.03.2020)
The government will implement a social services action plan to help the homeless given the health and social emergency caused by COVID-19, which the armed forces will assist in. The social services will make up units that are delivered daily comprising a hygiene kit, and food and drink to the homeless. They will also explain the measures to prevent catching coronavirus, will take their temperature and advise them as necessary.
elpais.com (11.03.2020)
clarin.com (27.03.2020)
Por las dificultades para buscar y encontrar trabajo debido a las medidas de cuarentena por el coronavirus, el Ministerio de Trabajo prorrogó hasta el 31 de mayo .el pago de las prestaciones por desempleo que vencían entre el 1 de febrero y 1 de abril. El último dato oficial de febrero marcó que se abonaron este seguro a través de la ANSeS a casi 120.000 personas.
algerie-eco.com (21.03.2020)
andina.pe (16.03.2020)
The President of the Republic Martin Vizcarra on Monday afternoon announced that the Council of Ministers approved an exceptional bonus of S/380 (about US$107) for each vulnerable family to be affected during the 15-day social isolation period recently decreed by the Government to stop the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Peru.
