Persons ending unemployed and previous not benefiting from rent subsidy, can now benefit from the rent subsidy. In case of individuals already benefiting from rent subsidy this will be increased (to an amount not specified). This measure is applicable also if only one dependent has his job…

A transfer of Euro 1,500 will be provided to the self-employed and other
SMEs as part of the solidarity fund

Employees who ended up unemployed as from 9th March, will benefit from a special unemployment benefit of €800 per month.
Disable individuals who due to their medical condition were unable to continue working will also be entitled to a €800 per month for a period to be specified

People placed in isolation will benefit from “sick leave and daily benefits” of
up to 20 days without “waiting period”.

Individuals employed with entities which suffered a downturn in operations of at least 25% but continued operating, will benefit from a 1 day per week benefit, based on a salary cap of €800 per month covered by government. This benefit is applicable also in the case of self- employed and is…

state payments to workers temporarily laid off by their employers because of the crisis

€350 grant payment per employee under quarantine, to all employers to compensate for 14 days mandatory quarantine leave

deferring social security charges due in March

For a period of three months, the government will provide a monthly 200,000
MNT in financial support to employees of companies that are keeping their
workforce and have had their operations disrupted by National Emergency
Management Agency mandates.

En période d’activité partielle, l’employeur doit verser aux salariés une indemnité de 70 % de leur salaire brut par heure chômée. Cela correspond environ à 84 % du salaire net horaire.
L’indemnité horaire est portée à 100 % de la rémunération nette antérieure du salarié lorsque des…

The government will exempt businesses and entities from paying social
insurances fees between April 1 and October 1, however, health insurance
fees will need to be paid.

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.

Expanding the coverage and scope of the home visiting services provided to
elderly people and other vulnerable groups (people with disabilities), including
the delivery of food and medicines.

Enterprises with operational crisis can apply to delay contribution payment for up to six months

The measures include increasing the capital of state-owned Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB) to help businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic

Immediate Food Assistance to 22,500 families (around 90,000 people), whose
income is below the minimum wage or without any source of income

Support for workers in micro and small enterprises and self-employed in the
informal sector, including sellers of informal commerce and municipal
markets. These workers are guaranteed a value of 10,000 escudos (US$100)
for one month. 30,000 workers are expected to benefit.…

Expansion of CTs under the existing SP project to 8,000 families (from
original 5,000).

Reduction of the guarantee period for entitlement to unemployment benefit from 180 days to 60 days in the period from 1 April to 30 June at the date of submission of the application.

During the above-mentioned period, the age of the insured person shall not be taken into account for the…

Para fomentar a formalização das actividades económicas, sobretudo entre os operadores de transportes de passageiros por veículos e motorizadas, bem como para os operadores do comércio informal, o Ministério da Economia e Planeamento, o Ministério do Comércio, o Ministério dos Transportese o…

Possibility for the employer to suspend the provision of work by all or some workers, for a period of up to 90 days, starting from 1 April 2020, on the grounds of market difficulties, economic reasons and lack of supply of raw materials or other goods.

Para melhorar o rendimento das famílias mais pobres afectadas pela profundidade da crise económica que o país vive, inicia em Maio de 2020 a primeira fase do Programa de Transferência Social Monetária que irá ter um milhão e seiscentos mil beneficiários;