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| Switzerland: Simplified regulations for ALV are being extended | switzerland | Federal Department of Economics, Education and Research (26.08.2020) Bern, - Additional hours that are built up outside of short-time working phases should not have to be temporarily deducted from lost work. This was decided by the Federal Council on August 26, 2020. In addition, income from… |
Two provisions of the AVIV Unemployment Insurance Ordinance remain valid:… |
Bern, 08/26/2020 - Additional hours that are built up outside of short-time working phases should not have to be temporarily deducted from lost work. This was decided by the Fe |
Unemployment, Extension of coverage, COVID-19 | covid19, extending coverage, youth employment | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://www.wbf.admin.ch/wbf/de/home/dokumentation/nsb-news_list.msg-id-80183.h… | siha | |
| UNAIDS calls for urgent action to strengthen social protection programmes in the face of COVID-19 | UNAIDS (26.08.2020) UNAIDS is calling on governments to strengthen HIV-sensitive social protection responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. People living with HIV and tuberculosis (TB) are being significantly impacted by COVID-19. Modelling has estimated the potential catastrophic impacts of… |
Health, Social policies & programmes | covid19 | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19 | https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/pressreleaseandstatementarchive… | mmarquez | ||||
| Gender-sensitive policies as response to COVID-19 | UNDP (August 2020) The COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker monitors policy measures enacted by governments worldwide to tackle the COVID-19 crisis, and highlights responses that have integrated a gender lens. It includes national measures that are directly addressing women’s economic and… |
Cash sickness benefits, Family benefits, Employment, COVID-19 | covid19, family_gender_society, gender_and_inequality | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19 | https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/covid-19-gender-dashboard.html | mmarquez | ||||
| COVID-19 Health System Response Monitor | Europe | The Health System Response Monitor (HSRM) has been designed in response to the COVID-19 outbreak to collect and organize up-to-date information on how countries are responding to the crisis. It focuses primarily on the responses of health systems but also captures wider public health initiatives… |
COVID-19 | covid19 | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19 | https://www.covid19healthsystem.org/mainpage.aspx | mmarquez | |||
| Financing the existence of autonomous hospitals | P4H Network (05.08.2020) Governments can indeed be very creative in designing schemes for supporting private business: postponing tax collection, reshaping accounting rules, subsiding or tax-exonerating some costs, etc. These schemes and solutions are not developed for the health sector,… |
Health, Financing | covid19, universal health care | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19 | https://p4h.world/en/who-ihf-financing-hospital-autonomy-covid19 | mmarquez | ||||
| Policy Trackers | Oxford Supertracker | The Oxford Supertracker is a global directory of over 100 policy trackers and surveys related to COVID-19. This novel… |
covid19 | https://supertracker.spi.ox.ac.uk/policy-trackers/ | pmassetti | ||||||
| COVID-19 Funds in Response to the Pandemic | IMF (26.08.2020) In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries have created dedicated extrabudgetary funds (EBFs) to mobilize resources and streamline emergency spending measures. A recently published IMF Note discusses the role these funds can play in the current crisis. The note… |
Financing | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19 | https://blog-pfm.imf.org/pfmblog/2020/08/-covid-19-funds-in-response-to-the-pan… | pmassetti | ||||
| US: The IRS Extends Deadline to Ensure People with Children Receive $500 Economic Impact Payments | United States | Social Security Administration (18.08.2020) The IRS has extended its deadline to September 30, 2020, for people to provide information to the IRS using its Non-Filer Tool at www.irs.gov/coronavirus/non-filers-enter-payment-info-here. People should do this if they: receive Social Security… |
The IRS has extended its deadline to September 30, 2020, for people to provide information to the IRS using its Non-Filer Tool at www.irs.gov/coronavirus/non-filers-enter-payment-info-here. |
Extension of coverage, Cash transfers, COVID-19 | covid19, Emergency grants, extending coverage | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://www.ssa.gov/news/press/releases/2020/#8-2020-2 | siha | ||
| How Cash Transfers Prevent Lockdown Tragedies | Project Syndicate (19.08.2020) COVID-19 has decimated livelihoods worldwide, squeezing the middle class and pushing low-income households into abject poverty. Social-protection programs such as Pakistan's Ehsaas Emergency Cash offer not only a path forward during the pandemic, but also valuable… |
Cash transfers | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19 | https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/pakistan-cash-transfer-program-cov… | pmassetti | ||||
| Preventing and managing COVID-19 across long-term care services: Policy brief | who.int (24.07.2020) The COVID-19 pandemic has affected older people disproportionately, especially those living in long-term care facilities. In many countries, evidence shows that more than 40% of COVID-19 related deaths have been linked to long-term care facilities, with figures being as high… |
Long-term care | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19 | https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/WHO-2019-nCoV-Policy_Brief-Long-term_Ca… | pmassetti | ||||
| US: How to fix the Covid stimulus payment problem: Accounts, information, and infrastructure | United States | brookings.edu (19.08.2020) The financial response to the Covid crisis demonstrated the inability of the federal government to rapidly get money to people during times of crisis. It took between three weeks and three months for Americans to receive a single penny of their emergency impact… |
Business process, Cash transfers | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19 | https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/how-to-fix-the-covid-stimulus-payment-proble… | pmassetti | |||
| Korean health insurance system to be promoted through World Bank | korea, Republic of | Korea Biomedical Review (19.06.2020) The National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) said it would team up with the World Bank to create online content for learning Korea’s experience of running the national health insurance system. At the request of the World Bank, the NIHS has signed a… |
Health promotion, Health insurance | social security education | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Proposition_SS_Monitor | http://www.koreabiomed.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=8560 | mmarquez | |||
| Japan: Mental health care counselling service "Kokoronomimi" | japan | Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (21.08.2020) "Kokoronomimi" is a portal site which provides comprehensive information and support for worker's mental health. It provides mental health care counselling services via chat and SNS to people who are anxious or stressed by Covid-19… |
"Kokoronomimi" is a portal site which provides comprehensive information and support for worker's mental health. It provides mental health care counselling services via chat and SNS to people who are anxious or stressed by Covid-19 . |
Health, Information and communication technology, Service quality, COVID-19 | covid19, customer_services, digital platforms | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://kokoro.mhlw.go.jp/etc/coronavirus_info/ | siha | ||
| Policy Brief: The Impact of COVID-19 on the Arab Region An Opportunity to Build Back Better | arabic countries | UNSDG (July 2020) The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed serious fault lines and vulnerabilities in societies, institutions and economies all around the world. The Arab region, home to 436 million people, initially kept transmission and mortality rates lower than the global average but more… |
Social policies & programmes | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published_SS_Monitor | https://unsdg.un.org/resources/policy-brief-impact-covid-19-arab-region-opportu… | pmassetti | |||
| Addressing the Economic Impacts of the COVID-19 Crisis in South Asia through Universal Lifecycle Transfers | Asia | Development Pathways (2020) The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a truly global shock: the necessary measures taken to control the spread of the virus have resulted in a major economic and human crisis. The crisis is unprecedented and requires unprecedented measures. By providing families with… |
Family benefits, Cash transfers | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published_SS_Monitor | https://www.developmentpathways.co.uk/publications/addressing-the-economic-impa… | pmassetti | |||
| Fiji: Contribution reduction | fiji | National Provident Fund (01.04.2020) To support all employers in Fiji, the statutory FNPF employer contribution is halved from 10 percent to 5 percent effective from 1 April 2020 to 31 December 2020. This expected to provide a $130 million relief to employers for the next 9 months. The employee… |
FNPF employer contribution is halved from 10 percent to 5 percent effective from 1 April 2020 to 31 December 2020. The employee Contribution is reduced from 8 percent to 5 percent effective from 1 April 2020 to 31 December 2020. |
Contribution collection and compliance, COVID-19 | contribution collection, covid19 | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://myfnpf.com.fj/index.php/covid-19-updates/fnpf-relief-assistance | siha | ||
| Fiji: Pensioners Assistance | fiji | National Provident Fund (30.03.2020) The Fund has decided to waive renewal certificate submissions for all Pensioners whose certificates were due in March, April, May or June and pay based on the presumption of life. This decision was implemented in light of preventative measures against COVID-… |
The National Provident Fund has decided to waive renewal certificate submissions for all Pensioners whose certificates were due in March, April, May or June and pay based on the presumption of life. This decision was implemented in light of preventative measures against COVID-19 to discourage… |
Old-age pensions, Service delivery, COVID-19 | covid19, service delivery | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://myfnpf.com.fj/index.php/covid-19-updates/fnpf-relief-assistance | siha | ||
| Fiji: COVID-19 Withdrawal Scheme - Phase 3 | fiji | National Provident Fund (10.08.2020) FNPF members who are on reduced hours and reduced wage rate can apply for Phase 3 commencing 10 August 2020. Government top is applicable in Phase 3 for members who have insufficient General Account balance. The amount per member is from $220 to $880 for… |
FNPF members who are on reduced hours and reduced wage rate can apply for Phase 3 commencing 10 August 2020. The amount per member is from $220 to $880 for members who are on reduced working hours/day per week depending on reduced days. The amount is $550 for members whose wage/salary rates… |
COVID-19 Withdrawal Scheme - Phase 3FNPF members who are on reduced hours and reduced wage rate can apply for Phase 3 commencing 10 August 2020. Government top is applicable in Phase 3 for members who have insufficient General Account balance. |
Unemployment, Cash transfers, COVID-19 | covid19, Emergency grants | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://myfnpf.com.fj/index.php/covid-19-updates/phase-3-requirements-forms | siha | |
| Fiji: COVID-19 Withdrawal Scheme - Phase 2 | fiji | National Provident Fund (09.06.2020) FNPF members who have been Unemployed from 1 October 2019 or have just become Unemployed or are on Leave Without Pay can apply for Phase 2 of the COVID-19 Withdrawal Scheme commencing 9 June 2020. The amount is $1,100 (Government top up applicable) or $880… |
FNPF members who have been Unemployed from 1 October 2019 or have just become Unemployed or are on Leave Without Pay can apply for Phase 2 of the COVID-19 Withdrawal Scheme commencing 9 June 2020. The amount is $1,100 (Government top up applicable) or $880 for members who received $220 on 5 June… |
FNPF members who have been Unemployed from 1 October 2019 or have just become Unemployed or are on Leave Without Pay can apply for Phase 2 of the COVID-19 Withdrawal Scheme commencing 9 June 2020. Submission modes There are only two accepted metho |
Unemployment, Cash transfers, COVID-19 | covid19, Emergency grants | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://myfnpf.com.fj/index.php/covid-19-updates/phase-2-requirements-forms | siha | |
| Fiji: FNPF Pensioners to receive COVID-19 relief | fiji | National Provident Fund (26.05.2020) More than 7,000 Fiji National Provident Fund pensioners will receive a COVID-19 relief payment today,Tuesday 26 May 2020. The payment, which ranges from $300 to $900, will be disbursed directly to the Fund’s active pensioners. Chief Executive Officer Jaoji… |
More than 7,000 Fiji National Provident Fund pensioners will receive a COVID-19 relief payment today,Tuesday 26 May 2020. The one-off payment, which ranges from $300 to $900, will be disbursed directly to the Fund’s active pensioners. |
Old-age pensions, COVID-19 | covid19, Emergency grants | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://myfnpf.com.fj/index.php/covid-19-updates/media-release | siha | ||
| Bhutan: Druk Gyalpo's Relief Kidu extended for three months | bhutan | Druk Gyalpo's Relief Kidu (20.07.2020) The Relief Kidu has been extended for three months, from July to September 2020. Bhutanese who have been displaced by the coronavirus pandemic and are currently residing in Bhutan are eligible for the Druk Gyalpo’s Relief Kidu. The displaced group… |
The Relief Kidu has been extended for three months, from July to September 2020. Bhutanese who have been displaced by the coronavirus pandemic and are currently residing in Bhutan are eligible for the Druk Gyalpo’s Relief Kidu. The displaced group includes those who have been laid off,… |
Unemployment, Extension of coverage, Cash transfers, COVID-19 | covid19, extending coverage, self-employed, youth employment | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://www.royalkidu.bt/ | siha | ||
| North Macedonia: Union secures Covid-19 aid package for media workers | North Macedonia | A special aid package to protect journalists wages and support struggling media is to be introduced in North Macedonia thanks to the efforts of the union representing the country's media workers. Applicable to June, July and August, the plan will provide subsidies to all media… |
Employment | covid19, Emergency grants, labour markets | Published Measures summary | https://www.ifj.org/media-centre/news/detail/category/press-releases/article/no… | socpro | |||
| Government targets 900,000 relief payments by week end: premier | Taiwan, China | Relief payments will be given by the government to 710,000 low and middle-income households and underprivileged people, who will have a monthly subsidy of NT$1,500 (US$49.88) remitted directly to their accounts and have already received payments for April. |
Cash transfers | covid19 | Published Measures summary | https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202004220017 | socpro | |||
| Small Businesses to benefit from COVID-19 relief grants | Guyana | The Government of Guyana is working to ensure that Small businesses benefit from COVID-19 relief grants through the Small Business Bureau. The grant funding is specific to businesses registered under the Small Business Bureau. The application can be completed online and is being… |
Cash transfers, Employment | covid19, Emergency grants, labour markets | Published Measures summary | https://dpi.gov.gy/small-businesses-to-benefit-from-covid-19-relief-grants/#gsc… | socpro | |||
| Umsókn um lokunarstyrk | iceland | Closing grant adopted in the Parliament Act no. 38/2020 on financial support for smaller operators due to the pandemic. The government will provide these individuals and legal entities engaged in business or self-employment activities with grants to make up part of the revenue decline and help… |
self-employed, covid19 | Published Measures summary | https://www.rsk.is/um-rsk/frettir-og-tilkynningar/umsokn-um-lokunarstyrk | socpro |