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| España: "Chatbot" para consultas inmediatas sobre los trámites de la seguridad social | spain | seg-social.es (20.03.2020) La Seguridad Social ha puesto a disposición de ciudadanos y trabajadores su propio asistente virtual para proporcionar información útil y orientar a los ciudadanos sobre los servicios más demandados de la Seguridad Social. Este… |
Chatboot service on the Social Security's website in order to better guide users through the various services offered. |
E-services | covid19 | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | http://www.seg-social.es/wps/portal/wss/internet/Inicio | mmarquez | ||
| España: Medidas excepcionales para usuarios sin medios de autenticación electrónicos | spain | iustel.com (23.04.2020) Para poder dar respuesta a la necesidad de presentación de escritos, comunicaciones o solicitudes de carácter urgente e imprescindible, en aquellos casos en los que el ciudadano no dispone de medios de autenticación electrónicos (… |
In order to respond to the need to present urgent and essential briefs, communications or requests, in those cases in which the citizen does not have electronic means of authentication (digital certificate and password), an option has been enabled through the web so that any… |
E-services, Service delivery | customer_services | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://www.iustel.com/diario_del_derecho/noticia.asp?ref_iustel=1197380 | mmarquez | ||
| España: Servicio CASIA para reforzar la atención del RED | spain | seg-social.es (22.04.2020) Para reforzar la atención que se presta al autorizado RED con el fin de proporcionar una asistencia acorde con las necesidades de este colectivo y que potencie la utilización del canal telemático, se ha puesto a disposición de los… |
To reinforce the attention given to the RED authorized in order to provide assistance in accordance with the needs of this group and to enhance the use of the telematic channel, a new service called CASIA (Coordination, Comprehensive Care and Support to the RED Authorized) that is… |
E-services, Service delivery | customer_services | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published_SS_Monitor | http://www.seg-social.es/wps/portal/wss/internet/InformacionUtil/5300/07c7073f-… | mmarquez | ||
| COVID-19 Series: Fumigation or Disinfection, they are not the same. | Africa | COVID-19 Series: Fumigation or Disinfection, they are not the same. We have seen people jostle for fumigation in the phase of the pandemic. Is this what we really need? Our Vision Zero Profiler Ehi Iden doesn't think so. Fumigation… |
Health, Occupational accidents and diseases | covid19, prevention | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19_ Prevention | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eimiuVUZhe0&feature=share | btreichel | |||
| UN leads call to protect most vulnerable from mental health crisis during and after COVID-19 | | UN News | Africa, Asia, australia, Americas, Europe | UN Secretary-General Policy Brief: COVID-19 and the need for action on mental health Key messages: The problem:
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Health promotion, Workplace health promotion, Prevention of occupational risks | covid19, prevention | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published_SS_Monitor_covid19_ Prevention | https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/05/1063882 | btreichel | |||
| Guatemala: Habilitan sitio web de inscripción para obtener ayuda por coronavirus – Prensa Libre | guatemala | prensalibre.com (18.05.2020) Bono Familia: Habilitan sitio web de inscripción para obtener ayuda por coronavirus. Los datos que se piden es el número de DPI del solicitante, un número de celular, el número de correlativo (se encuentra en la factura de energía) y… |
Family Bonus: Enable registration website to get help for coronavirus. The information requested is the applicant's DPI number, a cell phone number, the correlative number (found on the energy bill) and the Family Bonus code, which is also printed on the consumer bill. |
The government has published a website for families to register for the family cash transfer Bono Familia. The information requested is the applicant's unique identification number (DPI), a cell phone number, the correlative number (found on the energy bill) and the Bono |
E-services, Social assistance, Cash transfers | covid19, family | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://www.prensalibre.com/guatemala/comunitario/bono-familia-habilitan-sitio-… | mmarquez | |
| France: Commission des affaires sociales : audition consacrée au suivi des mesures d'urgence prises dans le cadre de la lutte contre la pandémie de Covid-19. | Europe , france | senat.fr (29.04.2020) Compte rendu de l'audition du directeur de l'Agence Centrale des Organismes de Sécurité Sociale (ACOSS, agence nationale du recouvrement des cotisations) sur le chiffrage des mesures d'accompagnement par la Sécurité sociale de la crise du Coronavirus. |
Contribution collection and compliance, Financing, Financial crisis | covid19, sustainability | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19, Proposition Measures summary | http://www.senat.fr/compte-rendu-commissions/20200427/soc.html?fbclid=IwAR12zV6… | gfilhon | |||
| Enter e-Estonia: interoperability — e-Estonia | estonia | To build Estonia’s digital society, it was not feasible to allow each government agency to ask for and store the user’s data. Such data duplication would make these agencies more susceptible to coordinated cyber attacks, as well as make it difficult to keep an individual’s information up-to-date… |
Interoperability | egovernment | https://e-estonia.com/enter-e-estonia-interoperability/ | rruggia | ||||
| X-Road® Data Exchange Layer | estonia | X-ROAD® DATA EXCHANGE LAYER X-Road is a free and open-source data exchange layer solution that enables organizations to exchange information securely over the Internet. X-Road is released under the MIT open source license and is available free of charge. The basic idea of X-Road… |
Information and communication technology, Interoperability | egovernment | https://x-road.global/ | rruggia | ||||
| Gov’t issues Defence Order No. 9 to support non-working employees, employers, daily wage workers | RSM Jordan | jordan | The first programme, Tadamun (solidarity) 1, will cover institutions that are already covered by the SSC. Jordanians, Gazans and children of Jordanian women married to non-Jordanians will benefit from this programme, with employees receiving 50 per cent of their salaries provided that the amount… |
The first program designed and activated by the JSSC, is to assist the employers to absorb the economic downturn, so they can keep the employees and minimize possibility of labour lay-off. Based on this program, the JSSC suspended the implementation… |
Old-age pensions, Unemployment, Contribution collection and compliance | covid19 | Published Measures summary | https://www.rsm.global/jordan/news/govt-issues-defence-order-no-9-support-non-w… | pmassetti | ||
| Samoa: Special payment to pensioners under the Senior Citizens Benefit Fund | Samoa | samoagovt.ws (07.04.2020) A special payment of $300 tala per person for all pensioners under the Senior Citizens Benefit Fund on top of the normal pension. A date for this special pay-out will be announced in due course. |
Introduciton of a payment of $300 tala per person for all pensioners under the Senior Citizens Benefit Fund on top of the normal pension. (Implementation date tbc). |
07th April 2020; As was announced in Parliament this morning 7th April 2020 during the Second Supplementary Budget 2019/2020 address by the Minister of Finance Honourable Sili Epa Tuioti, the wide-ranging stimulus package includes the SNPF component as follows: 1. One-month refund on memb |
Old-age pensions, Cash transfers | covid19 | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://www.samoagovt.ws/2020/04/press-release-snpf-concessionary-assistance-co… | mmarquez | |
| Samoa: 20% early withdrawal for members in the hospitality sector | Samoa | samoagovt.ws (07.04.2020) 20% early withdrawal for members in the Hospitality sector who have lost employment due to COVID-19. Subject to certain conditions, members in the affected sector to be allowed: a) member loans offset from contributions b) Early withdrawal of either: 20% of net… |
20% early withdrawal, or of $4,000 tala, whichever is lower, for members in the hospitality sector who have lost employment due to COVID-19. |
07th April 2020; As was announced in Parliament this morning 7th April 2020 during the Second Supplementary Budget 2019/2020 address by the Minister of Finance Honourable Sili Epa Tuioti, the wide-ranging stimulus package includes the SNPF component as follows: 1. One-month refund on memb |
Cash transfers | covid19 | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://www.samoagovt.ws/2020/04/press-release-snpf-concessionary-assistance-co… | mmarquez | |
| South Africa: Covid-19 grant: We can learn from Namibia | namibia, south africa | GroundUp (29.04.2020) Introducing the new “Covid-19 grant” announced by President Cyril Ramphosa will pose a huge challenge. But South Africa can learn from Namibia, which introduced an emergency grant at the beginning of April and within three weeks had paid out nearly 580,000 people. The Covid… |
Service delivery, Cash transfers | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19 | https://www.groundup.org.za/article/covid-19-grant-we-can-learn-namibia/ | pmassetti | |||
| Coronavirus: Pakistan's unemployed are now planting trees | pakistan | World Economic Forum (30.04.2020) Pakistan's government are offering labourers, who are out of work due to the coronavirus lockdown, a chance to earn money by planting trees. The project is part of Pakistan's existing initiative to plant billions of trees to counter the effects of climate change… |
Unemployment | covid19 | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19 | https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/04/green-stimulus-pakistan-trees-coronaviru… | pmassetti | |||
| Samoa: Deferral of employers' contributions to the national provident fund in the hospitaliy sector | Samoa | samoagovt.ws (07.04.2020) Six-month moratorium on contribution payments for Hospitality Sector Employers in the hospitality sector will be permitted to postpone their contributions payments for the six-month period January to June 2020 to be payable only in July 2020. The total value of this… |
Deferral of 6 months for employers' contributions to the national provident fund in the hospitaliy sector. |
07th April 2020; As was announced in Parliament this morning 7th April 2020 during the Second Supplementary Budget 2019/2020 address by the Minister of Finance Honourable Sili Epa Tuioti, the wide-ranging stimulus package includes the SNPF component as follows: 1. One-month refund on memb |
Contribution collection and compliance | contribution collection, covid19 | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://www.samoagovt.ws/2020/04/press-release-snpf-concessionary-assistance-co… | mmarquez | |
| Amendments to Executive Order On Additional Measures of Social Support for Families with Children | Russian Federation | Additional Measures of Social Support for Families with Children The amendments specify and complement clauses of the Executive Order On Additional Measures of Social Support for… |
Additional Measures of Social Support for Families with Children The amendments specify and complement clauses of the Executive Order On Additional Measures of Social Support for… |
Children, Cash transfers | covid19 | Published Measures summary | http://en.kremlin.ru/acts/news/63342 | pmassetti | ||
| Russia: Permanent reduction of employers contributions for SMEs | Russian Federation | news.bloombergtax.com (05.05.2020) The Russian Federal Tax Service April 20 announced reduced insurance contribution rates for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), effective April 1. The announcement includes information on: 1) a reduction in the social insurance rate to 15 percent for… |
Permanent reduction of employers' social security contributions for SMEs from 30 to 15 percent for salaries exceeding the current monthly minimum wage of 12,130 rubles (US$160). |
Contribution collection and compliance | contribution collection, covid19 | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-report-international/russia-tax-agency-… | mmarquez | ||
| Ukraine: Compensations of up to 18 dollars to pensioners aged 80 or older | ukraine | 112.international (08.04.2020) In Ukraine, pensioners who have reached 80 years of age will be paid compensation for pensions in April. This was reported by the press service of Ukraine’s Pension Fund. Payment in the amount of up to 18 dollars commenced on April 7. "From April 1, 2020,… |
As of April 7, pensioners aged 80 or older will be paid a compensation for pensions in April in the amount of up to $500 hryvnias ($18 dollars). |
In Ukraine, pensioners who have reached 80 years of age will be paid compensation for pensions in April. This was reported by the |
Pensions, Cash transfers | covid19 | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://112.international/society/ukraine-starts-paying-its-pensioners-compensa… | mmarquez | |
| Perú: Suspensión de aportes de trabajadores a las AFP para el mes de abril | peru | gestion.pe (26.03.2020) El presidente Martín Vizcarra anunció que se suspenderá el aporte a las Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones (AFP) durante el mes de abril, ante la ampliación del estado de emergencia en el Perú para frenar los contagios de coronavirus. |
Employee contributions (plus administrative fees) to the mandatory individual account program (AFP in Spanish) are suspended in April. |
El presidente Martín Vizcarra anunció que se suspenderá el aporte a las Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones (AFP) durante el mes de abril, ante la ampliación del estado de emergencia en el Perú para frenar los contagios de coronavirus. “Se está aprobando también a trav |
Pensions, Contribution collection and compliance | contribution collection, covid19 | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://gestion.pe/economia/coronavirus-peru-ejecutivo-suspende-aportes-de-trab… | mmarquez | |
| Brazil: Payment of employers' contribution are further deferred | brazil | ssa.gov (April 2020) The government deferred the due date for employers' social security contributions: those originally due in March are now due in July, while those due in April are now due in September. (Employers contribute 20 percent of monthly covered payroll to finance OASDI programs… |
The government deferred the due date for employers' social security contributions: those originally due in March are now due in July, while those due in April are now due in September. (Employers contribute 20 percent of monthly covered payroll to finance OASDI programs, cash sickness and… |
Contribution collection and compliance | covid19 | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/intl_update/ | mmarquez | ||
| Bolivia: APS suspende el pago de aportes para la seguridad social | La Prensa | bolivia | laprensa.com.bo (02.04.2020) La Autoridad de Fiscalización y Control de Pensiones y Seguros (APS) instruyó la suspensión de las contribuciones para las jubilaciones, tomando en cuenta las restricciones de desplazamiento por el estado de emergencia sanitaria en el país. |
Effective March 31, the Pension and Insurance Auditing Authority (APS) has suspended contributions to the mandatory individual account program (SIP) due in March (for employers/employees) or April (for self-employed persons). Contributions will not be collected while the country's… |
APS suspende el pago de aportes para la seguridad social Jue, 04/02/2020 - 10:47 La Autoridad de Fiscalización y Control de Pensiones y Seguros (APS) instruyó la suspensión de las contribuciones para las jubilaciones, tomando en cuenta las restricciones de desplazamiento por el es |
Old-age pensions, Contribution collection and compliance | covid19, self-employed | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | http://www.laprensa.com.bo/nacional/20200402/aps-suspende-el-pago-de-aportes-pa… | mmarquez | |
| Andorra: Law 5/2020, all infected insured persons have the right to receive financial benefits for temporary disability | Andorra | bopa.ad (18.04.2020) It is established that all insured persons who have been diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2, as well as those who have been affected by an isolation measure to prevent the spread of the virus and who are unable to work, have the right to receive financial benefits for… |
All insured persons who have been diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2, as well as those who have been affected by an isolation measure to prevent the spread of the virus and who are unable to work, have the right to receive financial benefits for temporary disability under the conditions determined by the… |
Disability | covid19, self-employed | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://www.bopa.ad/bopa/032057/Pagines/CGL20200429_11_50_35.aspx | cambrosio | ||
| Andorra: Law 5/2020, on paid leave in case of absence to take care of dependent children | Andorra | bopa.ad (18.04.2020) The paid leave in case of absence to take care of dependent children while the educational and extracurricular leisure centers are compulsorily closed is also regulated, with the same requirements as provided for in Law 3/2020. However, given that from the entry into… |
Paid leave in case of absence to take care of dependent children (the compensation paid by the Government may not exceed the minimum interprofessional wage.) |
Children | covid19 | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://www.bopa.ad/bopa/032057/Pagines/CGL20200429_11_50_35.aspx | cambrosio | ||
| Andorra: Law 5/2020 on continuity of employment contracts despite suspension of companies' activity | Andorra | bopa.ad (18.04.2020) The first chapter affects the measures in labor matters and includes in the first place almost all the provisions introduced in this area by Law 3/2020. Thus, the principle of continuity of employment contracts is maintained despite the suspension of the activity of… |
The continuity of employment contracts is maintained despite the suspension of the activity of companies due to the health emergency situation; the non-application of the procedure for the suspension of employment contracts due to fortuitous event or force majeure in the event of the temporary… |
Unemployment | covid19 | Proposition_SS_Monitor_covid19, Published Measures summary | https://www.bopa.ad/bopa/032057/Pagines/CGL20200429_11_50_35.aspx | cambrosio | ||
| IOSH coronavirus webinars | IOSH have launched a series of webinars for occupational safety and health professionals on the Covid-19 situation. |
Occupational accidents and diseases, Prevention of occupational risks | covid19, prevention | Published_SS_Monitor_covid19_ Prevention | https://iosh.com/coronavirus/webinar | btreichel |