Adjusted from 15 March 2020: The Bulgarian state will give 1000 leva (about 500 euro) extra a month to every medical professional on the frontline against Covid-19 coronavirus.

Extended until the end of 2020.

Israel has expanded its Covid-19 national economic safety net program ahead of the full nationwide lockdown that will begin on Friday, 18 September.
Some employers will receive employee retention grants, in the amount of 5,000 new shekels ($1,460) for each employee they kept, to encourage…

Israel has expanded its Covid-19 national economic safety net program ahead of the full nationwide lockdown that will begin on Friday, 18 September.
Employees who are put on unpaid leaves by their employers will receive increased unemployment benefits.

Adjusted from 20 March 2020: Extends Compensation in the event of loss of earnings for the self-employed to:
- The self-employed who are not directly concerned by the closure of businesses or by the ban on demonstrations, provided that the income from gainful activity subject to the AVS…

Adjusted from 2 June 2020: Expansion of Tennessee Small Business Relief Program to include additional businesses provided they have less than $10 million in annual gross sales and fall within an industry impacted by executive order limitations on activities, gatherings, and other non-essential…

Adjusted from 10 June 2020:California will extend the measure that relaxed the burden of proof to receive workers' compensation benefits for some employees who contract COVID-19 on the job under a bill Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Thursday.

Senate Bill 1159 by Sen. Jerry Hill (D-San…

Adjusted from 26 March 2020: MILLIONS of small businesses will get extra support from the government after Rishi Sunak announced he is extending the self-employed grant scheme.

The Chancellor confirmed the financial lifeline as part of his wider Winter Economy Plan to help prop up the…

Since the first case of COVID-19 was conformed in Jamaica in March and up to the end of August, the social workers had delivered more than 37,600 food packages, 6,873 hygiene packages, and 2,996 cases of water to Jamaicans most at risk.

They have also distributed 1,893 cases of juices,…

Adjusted from 5 June 2020: The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Adaljiza Albertina Xavier Reis Magno, presented the Decree-Law draft, approved by the Council of Minister, whose object is the first amendment to Decree-Law no 21/2020, of June 5th, which created the temporary subsidy in…

Adjusted from 17 March 2020: Spain on September 28 agreed a last-minute extension of a scheme supporting hundreds of thousands of workers furloughed due to COVID-19, as part of a broader social protection package. In a deal reached hours before the ERTE furlough scheme was due to expire, the…

People who have worked from home since the start of the pandemic lockdown could be in line to claim £144 from the UK Government.

The money is available to cover the extra expense of working from home - such as electricity and heating bills.

You can claim £24 a month tax back on…

Morocco’s Social Security Fund (CNSS) is set to launch a website for employees in the tourism sector affected by the COVID-19 crisis to request government compensation.

Companies will be able to declare employees and trainees eligible to benefit from a monthly compensation of MAD 2,000…

Applications are now open for the Social Cash Transfers Assistance Programme which is intended to help vulnerable individuals and families impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The objective of the programme is to provide temporary income support to eligible vulnerable individuals and families who…

To promote the use of electronic payment tools the Western Africa Central Bank (BCEAO) is providing more flexible measures to open a mobile money and making transfers between people backed by electronic money free.

Up to 50,000 families with children under the age of 3, who are registered as poor in the national program of the Targeted Social Assistance (TSA), will receive one-off payments of 500 TJS (around US$50) in order to offset the impacts of the pandemic.

Employers, who introduced a paid-leave programme for female pregnant employees who are recommended by a doctor to take leaves due to stress caused by Covid-19, can apply a subsidy. Eligible employers are who informed employees of the programme and allowed a employee more than five days paid…

The regulation was extended today until December 31, 2020 that people with disabilities can still have the additional need to finance lunch.

The federal government has approved the Social protection package I Simplified access to basic social security benefits. Due to the ongoing economic effects of the pandemic, the Federal Cabinet has now extended this relief until December 31, 2020. They include the temporary restriction of the…

Electronic scheduling of appointments for PCR testing on personal request has been enabled on the eGovernment portal as of today. Citizens, foreign citizens with an approved residence in our country, as well as foreign citizens without an approved residence (tourists), can easily…

The government approved an extension of the Antivirus B aid programme until 31 December 2020. the Antivirus B aid programme is intended for the employers have had to put their employees on leave.

Eligible employers are sheltered workshops, integrative workshops and work units for the employment of persons with disabilities, and the duration of the measure is from 1 July to 31 December 2020. The support is awarded in the amount of HRK 4,000.00 per month per full-time employee.

The Government of Honduras launched “Single Voucher” (Bono Unico), an innovative social protection program aimed at supporting the most vulnerable population affected by COVID-19 in Honduras. The Single Voucher is a one-time subsidy of $82 dollars (2,000 lempiras) delivered through an electronic…