The fund is flexible so that benefits can be targeted and subsidies shifted towards public employment programmes as the Covid-19 situation evolves.

Interest-free loans for the payment of wages to employees of business entities
that have suspended their activities in connection with the announcement of
quarantine.

Informal workers who may have lost their source of revenue will receive a monthly 300 USD subsidy for three months if they belong to the poorest 60% of households. For workers in the 40-60th percentile, the benefit has a declining amount. Workers have to update their status in the Social…

Temporary reduction of social contributions for individual entrepreneurs.

The Government approved the Bono Rural of 760 soles that will reach one million families that are in conditions of poverty or extreme poverty living in the rural areas of the country.

Sick leave is normally paid at the rate of 60-80% salary depending on the
employment history. For the duration of quarantine, it is increased to 100% of
the salary for everyone and covers parents whose child is in quarantine.

"Proyecto lanzado por el Presidente:
1. Evitar los desalojos de aquellas personas que arriendan sus viviendas. ""Nadie podrá ser desalojado por retrasarse en sus pagos de arriendo, mientras dure la emergencia y hasta 60 días después.""
2.Ampliación de la…

Les décrets n°2020-73 du 31 janvier 2020 et n° 2020-193 du 4 mars 2020 prévoient une mesure d’isolement, d’éviction ou de maintien à domicile des salariés qui se trouvent dans l’impossibilité de travailler. Le délai de carence ne s’applique pas lorsqu’un des deux parents d’un ou plusieurs…

The government will waive personal income taxes for 526,000 entities and
individuals between April 1 and October 1, with the exception of public
servants, employees of state and local state-owned enterprises, and companies
that have received government tenders.

The Social Security Corporation (SSC) will provide in-kind support to about
100,000 (other reports indicate 35,000-50,000) vulnerable families that
include an individual over the age of 70 and casual workers. Food parcels
have a monetary value of JD40-50. The program may be…

The government announced that the bread subsidy registration database will
be used for a temporary emergency program to support households that were
affected by the COVID-19 with JD70 (about $100) every two weeks.

Completing the enrollment of additional 25,000 households beneficiaries of Year Two of the NAF expansion Takaful Program to make the payment in April 2020. The government is considering online enrolment and digital payment

President Alassane Ouattara of Cote d’Ivoire has announced a response plan funded up to 95.8 billion CFA francs as a new mechanism to battle the spreading coronavirus pandemic in the country.

We are going to strengthen the operational mechanism for the prevention and management of the…

Due to the curfew, the government will deliver the cash to the houses
of all the current beneficiaries of the National Aid Fund (NAF)
monthly cash transfer program for March 2020 [around 100,000
households]. The payment will start on 29 March.
- Payments will be made…

The government approved a proposal for legislative changes in the field of
employment. It will now be possible for a job seeker to register at the Labor
Office online and from anywhere. Additionally, persons registered with the Labor Office
will now have up to 3 days to…

Social assistance allowance will be doubled for the period March– May 2020, amounting to EUR 7.65 million.

The government offers online job search counselling and intermediation67

Social assistance and pensions will be increased by EUR 30 per month to all beneficiaries of receiving a monthly amount lower than EUR 100, for the period of April - June 2020, amounting in total of EUR 13 million.

The Estonian Unemployment Insurance Fund will compensate 70% of the
average wages from the last 12 months but no more than Euro 1,000. The
compensation is paid to those workers with no work to carry out, or whose
wages were already cut because of the lack of workload. The…

Payment of monthly assistance will be at EUR 130 for each individual resulting as unemployed due to the public health emergency situation. The total coverage amounts to EUR 4 million.

Government will allow freelancers and sole traders to claim unemployment benefits without shutting down their businesses.

Early payment of pensions.

Government will eliminate the waiting period before people can claim unemployment benefits.

Monthly salaries coverage will be covered at the amount of EUR 170 per employee for the period of April-May 2020. The total amount of this measure is EUR 41 million. Monthly salaries coverage of EUR 130 will be awarded for the first two months to any new hired employee during the COVID-19…

Workers laid off can claim income-linked benefits, provided they are a
member of an unemployment fund through their trade union or
independently.