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| Japan: Pension reform bill enacted | japan | Nikkei (29.05.2020) On the 29th, the Pension Reform Law was enacted, which includes such provisions as a lowering of the starting age for public pension benefits to 75. Increase the amount of pension you receive by delaying receipt of benefits. The government will also review the "… |
The Pension Reform Law was enacted, which includes such provisions as a lowering of the starting age for public pension benefits to 75. Increase the amount of pension you receive by delaying receipt of benefits. The government will also review the "working-age pension," which reduces some… |
(Translation by Google and DeepL) With regard to the reduction of the age to start receiving benefits, the period that can be selected between the ages of 60 and 70 at present will be expanded to 60 to 75 after April 2022. Based on the age of 65, the pension benefit will increase by 0.7% each tim |
Old-age pensions | adequacy | Published Measures summary | https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO59727190Z20C20A5MM0000/?n_cid=DSREA001 | siha | |
| Vision Zero Webinars| Fundación Internacional ORP | The International ORP Foundation in cooperation with the Vision Zero Business Council has hosted a series of three Vision Zero Webinars. The webinars have shown how important a participatory approach to safety and health at work really is during the COVID-19 pandemic. The… |
Occupational accidents and diseases, Prevention of occupational risks | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19_ Prevention | https://fiorp.org/ | btreichel | |||||
| Kosovo: Fiscal Measures and Fiscal Emergency Package for Business Organizations | kosovo | ICLG.com Briefing (05.05.2020) Decision No. 01/19, dated 30/03/2020 (“Decision”), approved by the Government of Republic of Kosovo, has enacted the Emergency Fiscal Package. Payment of monthly assistance in the amount of one hundred and thirty (€130) Euros to citizens who lose their… |
Payment of monthly assistance in the amount of one hundred and thirty (€130) Euros to citizens who lose their jobs due to the public health emergency situation, for April, May and June, amounting up to four million (€4,000,000.00) Euros; |
Decision No. 01/19, dated 30/03/2020 (“Decision”), approved by the Government of Republic of Kosovo, has enacted the Emergency Fiscal Package, with purpose of financial support for the business organizations, employees and individuals that are facing financial difficulties due to the public healt |
Unemployment, Cash transfers | covid19 | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://iclg.com/briefing/11943-kosovo-fiscal-measures-and-fiscal-emergency-pac… | siha | |
| Kosovo: Fiscal Measures and Fiscal Emergency Package for Business Organizations | kosovo | ICLG.com Briefing(05.05.2020) Decision No.. 01/19, dated 30/03/2020 (“Decision”), approved by the Government of Republic of Kosovo, has enacted the Emergency Fiscal Package.
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Decision No. 01/19, dated 30/03/2020 (“Decision”), approved by the Government of Republic of Kosovo, has enacted the Emergency Fiscal Package, with purpose of financial support for the business organizations, employees and individuals that are facing financial difficulties due to the public healt |
Employment, Cash transfers | covid19 | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://iclg.com/briefing/11943-kosovo-fiscal-measures-and-fiscal-emergency-pac… | siha | |
| Kosovo: Fiscal Measures and Fiscal Emergency Package for Business Organizations | kosovo | ICLG.com Briefing (05.05.2020) Decision No. 01/19, dated 30/03/2020 (“Decision”), approved by the Government of Republic of Kosovo, has enacted the Emergency Fiscal Package. Financial support for business organisation under financial distress due to the downfall of their… |
Covering of the value of pension contributions with regard to the measures foreseen under this Decision for April and May, amounting to eight million (€8,000,000.00) Euros. |
Decision No. 01/19, dated 30/03/2020 (“Decision”), approved by the Government of Republic of Kosovo, has enacted the Emergency Fiscal Package, with purpose of financial support for the business organizations, employees and individuals that are facing financial difficulties due to the public healt |
Contribution collection and compliance | covid19 | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://iclg.com/briefing/11943-kosovo-fiscal-measures-and-fiscal-emergency-pac… | siha | |
| Kosovo: Fiscal Measures and Fiscal Emergency Package for Business Organizations | kosovo | ICLG.com Briefing (05.05.2020) Decision No. 01/19, dated 30/03/2020 (“Decision”), approved by the Government of Republic of Kosovo, has enacted the Emergency Fiscal Package. Financial support for business organisation under financial distress due to the downfall of their business… |
Covering of expenditures for the monthly salaries in the amount of one hundred seventy (€170) Euros for April and May, a measure amounting to forty-one million (€41,000,000.00) Euros; |
Decision No. 01/19, dated 30/03/2020 (“Decision”), approved by the Government of Republic of Kosovo, has enacted the Emergency Fiscal Package, with purpose of financial support for the business organizations, employees and individuals that are facing financial difficulties due to the public healt |
Employment | covid19 | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://iclg.com/briefing/11943-kosovo-fiscal-measures-and-fiscal-emergency-pac… | siha | |
| Kosovo: Fiscal Measures and Fiscal Emergency Package for Business Organizations | kosovo | ICLG.com Briefing (05.05.2020) Decision No. 01/19, dated 30/03/2020 (“Decision”), approved by the Government of Republic of Kosovo, has enacted the Emergency Fiscal Package. Payment of an additional sum of thirty (€30) Euros per month to all beneficiaries of social assistance… |
Payment of an additional sum of thirty (€30) Euros per month to all beneficiaries of social assistance and pension schemes who receive a monthly payment lower than one-hundred (€100) Euros, for April, May and June, provided that they are beneficiaries of only one scheme. |
Decision No. 01/19, dated 30/03/2020 (“Decision”), approved by the Government of Republic of Kosovo, has enacted the Emergency Fiscal Package, with purpose of financial support for the business organizations, employees and individuals that are facing financial difficulties due to the public healt |
Social assistance, Cash transfers | covid19 | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://iclg.com/briefing/11943-kosovo-fiscal-measures-and-fiscal-emergency-pac… | siha | |
| Kosovo: Fiscal Measures and Fiscal Emergency Package for Business Organizations | kosovo | ICLG.com Briefing (05.05.2020) Decision No. 01/19, dated 30/03/2020 (“Decision”), approved by the Government of Republic of Kosovo, has enacted the Emergency Fiscal Package. Double payment of the social assistance scheme to all beneficiaries of social assistance schemes for April… |
Double payment of the social assistance scheme to all beneficiaries of social assistance schemes for April and May, a measure amounting to seven million six hundred fifty thousand (€7,650,000.00) Euros, including payments executed for March. |
Social assistance, Cash transfers | covid19 | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://iclg.com/briefing/11943-kosovo-fiscal-measures-and-fiscal-emergency-pac… | siha | ||
| Kosovo: Early payment of pension and social schemes in time if crisis | kosovo | Ministry of Finance and Transfers (21.05.2020) The Kosovo Treasury has executed the payment of all pension and social schemes for over 310 thousand beneficiaries, a few days before the regular time, due to the pandemic situation and in respect… |
The Kosovo Treasury has executed the payment of all pension and social schemes for over 310 thousand beneficiaries, a few days before the regular time, due to the pandemic situation and in respect of the official holiday of the Great Eid. |
The Ministry of Finance and Transfers announces that today, the Kosovo Treasury has executed the payment of all pension and social schemes for over 310 thousand beneficiaries, a few days before the regular time, due to the pandemic situation and in respect of the official holiday of the Great Eid |
Old-age pensions, Financial crisis | covid19 | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://mf.rks-gov.net/page.aspx?id=2%2C2%2C888 | siha | |
| Gambia: Gambia announces Covid-19 response food package | gambia | Apanews.net (25.04.2020) The Gambia government has shipped in a large consignment of rice and sugar to ease the livelihood challenges of the citizenry amid Covid-19 lock down. The over 300,000 bags of rice and sugar have been off loaded and packed at the Mcmarthy Square in … |
The Gambia government has shipped in a large consignment of rice and sugar to ease the livelihood challenges of the citizenry amid Covid-19 lock down. |
Social assistance, Food and nutrition | covid19 | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | http://apanews.net/en/news/gambia-announces-covid-19-response-food-package | siha | ||
| Addressing the COVID-19 economic crisis in Asia through social protection | Asia | Development Pathways (May 2020) The COVID-19 crisis and its widespread impacts demonstrate the need to reform current social security systems in Asia. |
Social policies & programmes | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19 | https://www.developmentpathways.co.uk/publications/addressing-the-covid-19-econ… | pmassetti | |||
| 7 ways technology can help the social protection response to COVID-19 | Development Pathways (21.04.2020) As the COVID-19 pandemic rages like a wild inferno at a global scale, humanity is neck-deep in responding with every resource, instrument, policy and strategy that is at its disposal. |
Information and communication technology, Service delivery | customer_services | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published_SS_Monitor, Published_DIGITAL_Eco_Obs_MONITOR | https://www.developmentpathways.co.uk/blog/7-ways-technology-can-help-the-socia… | pmassetti | ||||
| Afghanistan: Afghanistan distributes free bread as prices soar amid coronavirus | Afghanistan | Reuters (05.05.2020) Afghanistan’s government began distributing free bread to hundreds of thousands of people across the country this week as supplies have been disrupted during the coronavirus shutdown and prices have soared, officials and experts said.Afghanistan distributes free bread… |
Afghanistan’s government began distributing free bread to hundreds of thousands of people across the country this week as supplies have been disrupted during the coronavirus shutdown and prices have soared, officials and experts said.Afghanistan distributes free bread as prices soar amid… |
More than 250,000 families in the capital Kabul started receiving ten flat ‘Naan’ breads per day in the first phase of the project. President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has said the bread distribution programme was also taking place in other cities as rising prices were hitting what is already |
Social assistance, Food and nutrition | covid19 | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-afghanistan-food/afghanis… | siha | |
| Liberia: Government will take up the electricity bill | liberia | gnnliberia.com (14.04.2020) The Liberian Government will take up the electricity bill of households in the affected counties for the duration of the STAY-AT-HOME order (total cost: US$4 million dollars). |
The Liberian Government will take up the electricity bill of households in the affected counties for the duration of the STAY-AT-HOME order (total cost: US$4 million dollars). |
As Liberians murmur over their livelihood during the observing of the State of Emergency for 21 days, President George Manneh Weah has planned to use US$25 million to support food distribution to households in designated affected counties for the period of 60 days. According to repo |
Housing | covid19 | Published Measures summary | http://gnnliberia.com/2020/04/14/president-weah-opting-to-spend-us25m-to-rescue… | cambrosio | |
| Liberia: President Weah To Spend US$25M To Rescue COVID-19 Affected Counties | liberia | gnnliberia.com (14.04.2020) The government planned to use the amount of US$25 million to support food distribution to households in designated affected counties for the period of 60 days. |
The government planned to use the amount of US$25 million to support food distribution to households in designated affected counties for the period of 60 days. |
As Liberians murmur over their livelihood during the observing of the State of Emergency for 21 days, President George Manneh Weah has planned to use US$25 million to support food distribution to households in designated affected counties for the period of 60 days. According to repo |
Food and nutrition | covid19, poverty | Published Measures summary | http://gnnliberia.com/2020/04/14/president-weah-opting-to-spend-us25m-to-rescue… | cambrosio | |
| Lesotho: school feeding will continue for public primary school learners | lesotho | ewn.co.za (19.03.2020) In March 2020, the Ministry of Education announced that schools will be closed but school feeding will continue for public primary school learners, in order to ensure that children are given one hot meal per day. |
In March 2020, the Ministry of Education announced that schools will be closed but school feeding will continue for public primary school learners, in order to ensure that children are given one hot meal per day. |
Children, Social assistance, Food and nutrition | covid19, poverty | Published Measures summary | https://ewn.co.za/2020/03/19/lesotho-declares-national-emergency-over-covid-19-… | cambrosio | ||
| Vanuatu: VT4 billion stimulus package | Vanuatu | dailypost.vu (01.04.2020) The government of Vanuatu aims to support jobs through the Employment Stabilization Payment Program, which will reimburse employers up to VT 30,000 per employee on their payroll each month for a period of four months. Employers will also receive a payment… |
The government of Vanuatu aims to support jobs through the Employment Stabilization Payment Program, which will reimburse employers up to VT 30,000 per employee on their payroll each month for a period of four months. Employers will also receive a payment of 15% of the amount they are… |
The Vanuatu Government has committed itself to supporting the country’s economy during the COVID-19 crisis, with an objective to keep people safe, employed and keep businesses open. Caretaker Prime Minister Charlot Salwai officially announced a major economic stimulus package yesterd |
Employment | covid19, labour markets | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://dailypost.vu/news/vt4-billion-stimulus-package/article_91c9d47c-7399-11… | cambrosio | |
| United Arab Emirates: Private companies can postpone pension payments over next three months | United Arab Emirates | gulfnews.com (02.04.2020) The Abu Dhabi Pension Fund announced that private sector companies in the emirate can apply to postpone paying pensions over the next three months. |
The Abu Dhabi Pension Fund announced that private sector companies in the emirate can apply to postpone paying pensions over the next three months. |
Contribution collection and compliance | covid19 | Published Measures summary | https://gulfnews.com/uae/coronavirus-private-companies-can-postpone-pension-pay… | cambrosio | ||
| Uganda: Gov't starts COVID-19 food distribution | uganda | observer.ug (04.04.2020) Government started the distribution of food packs to 1.5 million vulnerable people in Kampala and Wakiso districts on Saturday, April 4, 2020. The food items distributed are: six kilograms of maize flour and three kilograms of beans and salt… |
Government started the distribution of food packs to 1.5 million vulnerable people in Kampala and Wakiso districts on Saturday, April 4, 2020. |
Government has announced that it will start the distribution of food packs to 1.5 million vulnerable people in Kampala and Wakiso districts this Saturday, April 4, 2020. Government imposed a 14-day lockdown starting April 1 where all non-essential workers were ordered to stay home in a bi |
Social assistance, Food and nutrition | covid19, poverty | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://observer.ug/news/headlines/64116-gov-t-starts-covid-19-food-distributio… | cambrosio | |
| Zambia: STATEMENT BY THE HON. MINISTER OF FINANCE | zambia | mof.gov.zm (20.04.2020) K500 million to the Public Service Pensions Fund to pay over 1,500 retirees or their beneficiaries. |
K500 million to the Public Service Pensions Fund to pay over 1,500 retirees or their beneficiaries. |
Pensions | covid19 | Published Measures summary | https://www.mof.gov.zm/ | cambrosio | ||
| Zimbabwe: Covid-19 relief cash transfers start today as virus cases rise | zimbabwe | herald.co.zw (15.04.2020) One million households identified through the Social Welfare Department to benefit from the $600 million kitty availed by the Government to mitigate the effects of Covid-19. |
One million households identified through the Social Welfare Department to benefit from the $600 million kitty availed by the Government to mitigate the effects of Covid-19. |
ONE-million households identified through the Social Welfare Department to benefit from the $600 million kitty availed by the Government to mitigate the effects of Covid-19 are set to start receiving their cash transfers today. This comes as the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases has rise |
Social assistance, Cash transfers | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://www.herald.co.zw/covid-19-relief-cash-transfers-start-today-1-coronavir… | cambrosio | |
| Sweden: Expanded opportunities for temporary parental benefit | sweden | 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… |
Parents who have to stay home to care for children will be eligible for temporary parental benefit which amounts approximately 90 per cent of the daily allowance they would normally receive. The new ordinance also contains an exemption from the requirement of a medical opinion to… |
Expanded opportunities for temporary parental benefit The opportunities to receive temporary parental benefit have been expanded in a new ordinance. If it should be necessary to close e.g. preschools and schools to limit the spread of the virus, parents who have to stay home from work to |
Children, Parental leave | covid19, family | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://www.government.se/articles/2020/05/about-covid-19--for-older-people-peo… | siha | |
| Pension payments and pandemics – four potential policy responses | worldbank.org (14.05.2020) The economic downturn sparked by the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) is having a major impact on global labor and financial markets – which in turn will have significant effects on pension systems. Crucially, policy responses will need to strike a balance between… |
Pensions | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published_SS_Monitor | https://blogs.worldbank.org/psd/pension-payments-and-pandemics-four-potential-p… | pmassetti | ||||
| Belgium: Temporary crisis measures for the self-employed: Sickness benefit | belgium | Federal Public Service - Social Security (05.05.2020) Self-employed workers who fall ill during the coronavirus crisis can receive sickness benefits from the first day they actually… |
Self-employed workers who fall ill during the coronavirus crisis can receive sickness benefits from the first day they actually fell ill. This specific crisis measure applies from the… |
Incapacity for work paid from the first day of illness |
Cash sickness benefits | covid19, self-employed | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://socialsecurity.belgium.be/fr/news/mesures-temporaires-de-crise-pour-ind… | siha | |
| Belgium: Temporary parental allowance for the self-employed | belgium | Federal Public Service - Social Security (20.05.2020) May 16, 2020, the Council of Ministers approved a temporary parental allowance for the self-employed. Self-employed workers who do not benefit (or no longer) from other crisis measure, and whose activity reduced due to the care for their… |
A temporary parental allowance for the self-employed who do not benefit (or no longer) from other crisis measure, and whose activity reduced due to the care for their child (ren) in the exceptional circumstances following the COVID-19 crisis. A… |
Last Saturday, May 16, 2020, the Council of Ministers approved a temporary parental allowance for the self-employed. |
Children, Parental leave, Employment | covid19, self-employed | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://socialsecurity.belgium.be/fr/news/allocation-parentale-temporaire-pour-… | siha |