Parental leave
Sweden: Expanded opportunities for temporary parental benefit
Government Offices of Sweden (11.05.2020) Parents who have to stay home from work to care for children, whose schools are closed to limit the spread of the virus, will be eligible for temporary parental benefit. In such situations, parents will receive approximately 90 per cent of the daily allowance they would normally receive in temporary parental benefit.
Belgium: Temporary parental allowance for the self-employed
Federal Public Service - Social Security (20.05.2020) May 16, 2020, the Council of Ministers approved a temporary parental allowance for the self-employed.
The Lower Austrian Chamber of Commerce has set up a "Corona Hotline"
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Parents can take paid leave if both are working
The federal government made a series of recommendations to employers and workers at a broad-based themed session yesterday to prevent coronavirus disease.
The recommendations are:
- Implement special safeguards to prevent the adverse effects on the health of workers by shortening workers' working hours, if the work process permits them
. permits, and work that takes place in one shift should be distributed in two shifts, in order to avoid the concentration of more workers in one place
United States: Additional funding for Child Care Development Block Grants
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.
Germany: Financial support to workers
Overview of the main measures implemented in Germany for workers:
- Emergency child supplement
- Compensation for loss of income due to the school closure
- Partial unemployment
- Simplified access to a basic income
Italy: Extension of parental leave and baby-sitting benefits
Italy: emergency parental leave
In order to support families during the closure of schools, Italy implemented an extraordinary parental leave of 15 days, which is being extended of an additional 12 days.
Covid19 : mesure concernant l'accueil des enfants dans certains établissements médico-sociaux de l'Oise | Agence régionale de santé Hauts-de-France
prise en charge des enfants des personnels soignants pendant l'isolement et la fermeture des écoles