SMEs with a layoff rate lower than 5.5% (estimated unemployment rate) can apply for a refund 50% of previous year’s unemployment contribution. The threshold is 20% for enterprises with less than 30 employees. Some cities refunds up to 80%

All medical certificates determining the degree of lost working capacity (the
validity of these documents for people below standard retirement age is
between 1 and 3 years; working capacity of people above standard retirement
age doesn’t need to be reassessed) which expire…

Unemployed workers who don’t meet the conditions for unemployment social insurance can apply for an unemployment social assistance (lower than unemployment insurance).

All application deadlines are automatically extended until the end of the State of Emergency. Additional offices are being opened and all documents can be submitted electronically.

Halves contribution for health insurances for up to five months.

The Bulgarian state will give 1000 leva (about 500 euro) extra a month to every medical professional on the frontline against Covid-19 coronavirus

Increases the inter-provincial allocation reserve of the basic old-age pension fund from 3.5% to 4% to better support low-income regions.

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

In-kind distribution campaign of food items to the most vulnerable families, including those living in isolated areas and impacted by the lockdown

To avoid crowding in post offices, beneficiaries (1M) can receive Solidarity Allowance benefits at any time without a specific deadline (in normal circumstances on the 30th/31st of the month the uncollected benefits to beneficiaries is automatically returned to the Social Development Agency).…

MLSA in collaboration with the Armenian Red Cross will provide between
one and three food and hygiene packages to 1,400 citizens. The packages will
mainly go to elderly people living alone and people with disabilities,
including Syrian-Armenian refugees and people in social…

Para fomentar os estágios profissionais, sobretudo depois da fase de retoma da actividade económica normal, após o levantamento do estado de emergência, o Ministério da Administração Pública, Trabalho eSegurança Social e o Ministério das Finanças/AGT promoverão um programa de promoção de…

The unemployed will receive double the unemployment benefit.

Suspension of all firing procedures begun after 23 February

The Government of Ethiopia today announces availing 5 billion birr (about $154 million) to combat the spread of COVID-19 pandemic and to undertake preparedness tasks (primarily aiming at increasig health care spending). It is indicated that all regions in Ethiopia are preparing quarantine…

The authorities’ preparedness and response plan envisage COVID-19-related health spending to reach CFAF 6.5 billion (or US$11 million) over the next three months (about 0.1 percent of GDP on an annualized basis).

In preparation for the lockdown, social security agency - SASSA - announced that grants for the elderly and people with disabilities will be paid from 30 - 31 March 2020.

The Social Security Board will establish a special fund of about $15 million to assist with income support of up to a maximum of XCD 1,000 (USD 370) per month for workers whose income would have been impacted by COVID-19. Registered self-employed persons who can show that they have been impacted…

Around 18 million low-income households belonging to the informal sector should be targeted to receive monthly emergency subsidies amounting to P5,000 to P8,000 for two months.

4041 lonely elderly people will be provided with food baskets for one month.

The package will cover all sectors and is designed to benefit 14.6 million low-income earners who account for 22% of the Thai population

The decree suspends all conditionalities related to the Guaranteed Minimum Income program, or Reddito di Cittadinanza (RdC or Citizens' Income), for two months. The measure was introduced to minimize the movement of beneficiaries (to social services or to public employment services, where…