The WHO information network for epidemics (EPI-WIN) publishes Corona Virus Updates in regular intervals, each time looking at a different risk or risk group.
elcorreo.com (13.05.2020) El Real Decreto-Ley disminuye las reducciones de cuotas de las que se beneficiaron durante marzo y abril muchas empresas acogidas a este tipo de expediente de regulación. A esas firmas se les exoneraba de abonar las cotizaciones sociales de sus trabajadores si tenían menos de 50 empleados, y se les reducía en un 75% a las que tuvieran plantillas superiores a esa cifra. Ahora el escenario es el siguiente: la reducción de las cotizaciones baja al 60% en mayo y al 45% en junio para las empresas pequeñas.
ssa.gov (marzo 2020) Los empleadores que reduzcan temporalmente el horario de trabajo de los empleados o suspendan los contratos de trabajo están exentos del pago de la totalidad o parte de sus contribuciones a la seguridad social. El gobierno cubrirá el 100% de estas contribuciones para los empleadores con menos de 50 empleados, y el 75% para aquellos con 50 o más empleados.
National Insurance Institute (13.05.2020) Adjustment grant to the 67-year-old and older: Those who have reached the age of 67 and who is fired or whose employer issued it to the USSR in March, April or May 2020 following the Corona crisis may be eligible for grants if he meets the eligibility conditions. The amount of the grant is determined by your income from retirement pension. The maximum amount is NIS 2,000 for March, and NIS 4,000 for April and May.
The Financial Express (24.04.2020) NPS withdrawal for COVID-19: In view of hardships faced by people due to Coronavirus pandemic, the Pension Fund Regulatory Development Authority of India (PFRDA) has allowed account holders to make partial withdrawals from the National Pension System (NPS).
The Financial Express (27.03.2020) National Social Assistance Program: The Union government will provide three months' pension in advance to the poor senior citizens, widows and persons with disabilities in first week of April. The program is run by the Union Rural Development Ministry. Apart from the above, an ex gratia amount of Rs 1,000 over the next three months will be given in two instalments to these beneficiaries, according to the announcement by Finance Minister.
KPMG Global (04.05.2020) Modified social security contribution rules shall be applied for the period of March-June 2020 to the specified sectors (Hospitality and tourism; Entertainment, film industry, performing arts; Sports services; Event organization; Gambling).
Finnish Centre for Pensions (06.04.2020) Employers’ earnings-related pension contributions have been temporarily lowered by around 2% (until the end of the year). This measure is financed by cutting into the EMU buffer (to a value of €900 million).
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (08.05.2020) Based on a temporary amendment, unemployment benefit can be paid without a decision, as an advance payment, for a period of six months instead of the current period of two months. The President of the Republic approved the act on temporary derogations from the Unemployment Security Act due to the coronavirus epidemic. The act will enter into force on 11 May 2020 and it will remain in force until 31 October 2020.
gub.uy (19.03.2020)
El Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas (MEF) anunció que aplazará el vencimiento de pagos de BPS y la DGI. Los aportes patronales al BPS con vencimientos en marzo y abril de los monotributistas, las unipersonales y las sociedades personales con hasta 10 empleados podrán ser abonados en un 60% en junio. El 40% restante será subsidiado totalmente por el Estado, según anunció la ministra Arbeleche.
thenews.com.pk (05.04..2020) The Ehsaas Emergency Cash Program will help 12 million families by providing them financial assistance of Rs. 12,000 per family and the total budget approved for this initiative is Rs. 144 billion. The Kifalat beneficiaries, who were being given Rs2,000 per month, will be provided an additional Rs1,000.
Deserving families will be given Rs12,000 cash after biometric verification through 18,065 sale points or retail shops of Habib Bank Limited and Bank Al-Falah across the country.
gov.uk (01.03.2020)
Willis Towers Watson (18.03.2020) Employer social security contributions for retirement pensions, workers compensation, unemployment and health (including maternity) benefits are reduced. The extent and duration of the measures depend on the province, autonomous region or municipality, and size of the employer’s workforce.
For retirement pensions, workers compensation and unemployment benefits:
Australian Taxation Office (04.05.2020) COVID-19 – early release of superannuation: Individuals financially affected by COVID-19 can access some of their superannuation early. The withdrawal is tax free.
Eligible Australian and New Zealand citizens and permanent residents are able to apply to access up to:
To apply for early release, you must be unemployed or satisfy one of the requirements.
Services Australia (08.05.2020) Economic Support Payment: The first Economic Support Payment is a one-off payment of $750. You’ll get it if you were living in Australia between 12 March 2020 and 13 April 2020 and either:
Government of Bermuda (03.04.2020) Unemployment Benefit is newly established and administered through the Department of Workforce Development. The Covid – 19 Unemployment Benefit is for full-time (more than 15 hours per week) employees not currently on Financial Assistance and provides a payment of 60% of their weekly gross salary up to a maximum of $500 per week. The benefit is for a maximum of 12 weeks in total per employee from the date of application.
jordantimes.com (19.03.2020)
Private-sector employers can choose to suspend employer and employee contributions to the country's old-age pension program for 3 months starting in March. In the case where firms will choose to do so, they will only pay 5.25% as contribution rate, instead of 21.75%. Employers who choose not to do so may instead defer their contributions for this 3-month period and pay them over a period extending to the end of 2023 with no interest.
jerseylaw.je (04.04.2020)
Social security contributions for the first 2 quarters of 2020 (those due in April and July) will be automatically deferred by 12 months for employers with less than 80 employees and self-employed persons. (Employers with 80 or more employees who can demonstrate that they have been severely affected by the crisis may request a deferral.)
National Employment Agency (10.04.2020) According to the provisions of Provision no. 16 of April 10, 2020 of the Commission for Exceptional Situations of the Republic of Moldova, unemployed persons, including those returning from abroad, may apply for monthly unemployment benefit in the amount of 2775 lei (point 11).
firstpost.com (11.05.2020) COVID-19 is far more than a health crisis. The economic crisis--a severe fallout of the virus--is grim, and much grimmer for developing countries like India. The pandemic has already exposed the health vulnerabilities facing India, especially its rural poor, and urban slum dwellers.
antiguaobserver.com (28.03.2020) PM Gaston Browne announced that relief packages will be made available to single-parent and no-income households.
cubatel.com (30.04.2020) Se pagará una estimulación a aquellos trabajadores que laboran en los 31 hospitales dispuestos en Cuba para la atención a pacientes de coronavirus. Se trata de los asistentes integrales de salud y los equipos de lavandería. Estas personas recibirán un pago mensual extra del 250 pesos cubanos.
tvavila.icrt.cu (16.04.2020) Los trabajadores por cuenta propia que no han podido mantener su negocio o resultan más vulnerables a la COVID-19, son beneficiados por la asistencia social en Cuba, anunció hoy Marta Elena Feitó Cabrera, ministra de Trabajo y Seguridad Social.
mtss.gob.cu (30.04.2020) Se prorrogan por un plazo de 6 meses, el término de vigencia de las prestaciones familiares con carácter temporal establecidas bajo el artículo 272 del decreto no. 283 del Consejo de Ministros.
mtss.gob.cu (30.04.2020) La madre, padre o tutor que tengan condición de trabajadores y estén encargados del cuidado del menor al que se le haya suspendido la escuela primaria y especial, reciben durante el primer mes una garantía salarila equivalente al 100% de su salario básico; subsecuentemente, la compensación será del 60%. Esto también aplica a padres y tutores que hayan decidido no llevar a sus hijos a los Círculos Infantiles o a cuidadores particulares, aún cuando estos centros no hayan sido cerrados.
