Ensure that the rise in unemployment is adequately and rapidly addressed by public broadband policy, notably on the basis of training and retraining programmes, in conjunction with sector-specific and public programmes.
Review and strengthen the responses of training and retraining programmes for the unemployed.
Specific training programmes for emerging areas - digital economy; energy and climate change; social sector.
Digital Guarantee: to ensure that by 2023 all unemployed people have a…
Recipients: unemployed, with a special focus on new unemployed and young people.
Target: cover 50,000 new unemployed and keep the coverage rate of active policy measures close to 20% between 2020 and 2021.
Amount: budgetary reinforcement of 106 million euros IEFP, I. P.
Financing: ESF
Responsible: MTSSS
The Program includes active policy programs for specific sectors and audiences:
Impulse of young SMEs to promote the qualification and renewal of SME staff, particularly in strategic…
The 600 million meticais [around US$8. 5 million] National Institute of Social Security (INSS) credit line for small and medium enterprises affected by the Covid-19 pandemic will bear an interest rate of 4%.
The fixed interest rate is 4 percent, which can varies depending on the updates to the prime rate determined by the central bank,” the INSS note reveals. Interest will be paid semi-annually or annually, depending on the contract signed, and the capital must be repaid after 36 months.
The…
The IMSS announced support measures for workers to reduce their mobility and prevent risks of contagion during the health emergency caused by Covid-19. Benefits for temporary incapacity for work (due to occupational risk, illness or maternity) can be requested online
Disability is issued remotely and payment of the benefit is made by deposit to the bank account, while maternity disability applies to women who are between 34 and 40 weeks pregnant.
http://www.imss.gob.mx/derechoH/pago-…
2020-06-12
Maternity,Occupational accidents and diseases,Cash sickness benefits
Emergency food support program for 65,000 households. Since the start of this health crisis, around 40,000 households across the country have benefited from food distributions.
A special aid package to protect journalists wages and support struggling media is to be introduced in North Macedonia thanks to the efforts of the union representing the country's media workers.
Applicable to June, July and August, the plan will provide subsidies to all media employers who have not illegitimately fired employees during the crisis, including those who reduced employees’ salaries - under the condition that they repay the whole salary.
Media organizations, can also have…
Relief payments will be given by the government to 710,000 low and middle-income households and underprivileged people, who will have a monthly subsidy of NT$1,500 (US$49.88) remitted directly to their accounts and have already received payments for April.
The Government of Guyana is working to ensure that Small businesses benefit from COVID-19 relief grants through the Small Business Bureau.
The grant funding is specific to businesses registered under the Small Business Bureau. The application can be completed online and is being conducted on a first-come, first-served basis. Priority will be given to essential businesses that have been affected by COVID-19 (such as establishments involved in food production and supplying healthcare items).…
Closing grant adopted in the Parliament Act no. 38/2020 on financial support for smaller operators due to the pandemic. The government will provide these individuals and legal entities engaged in business or self-employment activities with grants to make up part of the revenue decline and help them meet the fixed costs incurred in their operations.
Tees Valley: The mayor of Tees Valley has earmarked £1 million to pay the wages of more than 100 young apprentices in an effort to reverse the decline of starts as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.The money will be used to fund “100 per cent” of the apprentices’ wages in their first six months of employment, and 50 per cent for the remainder of the apprenticeship, up to a maximum of two years.
The announcement said businesses who sign up to the scheme will be asked to pay the national…
Child benefit is a universal benefit paid to each child. Its size in 2020 is 60 euros. An additional benefit of 40 euros may be paid for children with disabilities and children from low-income or large families. Until now, when estimating family income for higher child benefit, the amount received during the last 12 months has been taken into account. However, since the financial situation of some families deteriorated rapidly during the quarantine period, it has been decided that until the 1st…
Recognizing that the skilled trades has been one of the hardest hit sectors during the pandemic, the Ontario government is providing grants for apprentices to purchase tools, protective equipment and clothing for their trade. The Ontario Tools Grant Program will help up to 11,600 apprentices. New eligible apprentices will also get help purchasing the equipment they need to start their careers. $2.5 million will be allocated for 2020-21 and $7.5 million for 2021-22.The funding amounts will be…
A new government subsidy will pay employers up to $16,000 for each new apprentice they train from August. The $390 million Apprenticeship Boost would pay businesses $1000-a-month for each apprentice in their first year of training, and $500-a-month for apprentices in their second year. The scheme would run for 20 months from August this year until April 2020, and about 18,000 employers would be eligible to apply.
2020-06-02
Unemployment,Cash transfers,Employment of young workers
The Egyptian Cabinet approved to keep the subsidy on home electricity bills until fiscal year (FY) 2024/2025 due to the economic fallout from the COVID-19 outbreak. The electricity subsidies were planned to be fully lifted by the end of FY 2021/2022 after the Egyptian pound was floated in 2016. The additional three-year subsidy will cost the state a total of EGP 26.7 billion.
The law Aldir Blanc, sanctioned by the president in late June, establishes an emergency allowance of R$ 600 for art and culture workers. It will be paid in three installments.
Professionals who have been working in the sector in the last two years, with earnings of up to R$ 28,500 in 2018 can apply for this benefit.
Federal Government will allocate R$ 160 million to Long Term Care Institutions for the Elderly (ILPIs), also known as nursing homes or nursing homes. The aid is intended to assist locals in combating the Covid-19 pandemic. The Law 14,018 was sanctioned by the President, Jair Bolsonaro and published on Tuesday (30) in the Official Gazette.
"Dar una mano Ecuador" is an initiative to deliver food kits to vulnerable families in Ecuador during the health emergency (partnership between the private sector and the national government).
(Tennessee) Governor Bill Lee announced $81 million dollars in COVID-19 aid, relief and economic security funding is available for K-12 schools and higher education institutions to help with plans for a safe reopening. The first round of wave grant funding would include $11 million dollars for grants to local education agencies to support their efforts to reopen safely. In addition, $50 million dollars will be available to support any technology grants that would help schools get devices that…
"Arranca Peru" is a plan to generate over a million jobs in the country. The government would finance jobs in the following sectors:
-Transport, S/4 billion, to generate over half a million jobs
-Agriculture, S/373 million to make canals and maintain drains, which aims to generate 76,555 jobs
-Housing, S/535 million, to build 20 thousand additional houses generating 80 thousand jobs
- "Trabaja Perú", investing an additional S/700 million to generate 226,000 jobs.
The President of Chile just announced a second delivery of “Alimentos Para Chile”, a program that will deliver food baskets to vulnerable families. The program started in late May (announced on May 18th). Approximately 3 million baskets of nonperishable food and hygiene products will be delivered directly to the homes of the beneficiaries. According to the president, 70 % of the most vulnerable will benefit from this program. The deliveries will start no later than May 25 and will be carried…
2020-05-22
Food and nutrition,Food and nutrition,Social assistance
People in the NES region were exempt from paying water and electricity fees for two months. In NWS, similar measures were introduced, including significant scale up of health services and the provision of personal protective equipment.
Bono 380 ("Yo me quedo en casa") aims to reach 3.5 million households in conditions of poverty or extreme poverty with payments of 380 soles. This is a second delivery and it will be implemented in the coming months.
Extraordinary measure to support self-employed and informal workers in a situation of social vulnerability, which foresees the support of 1 IAS (EUR 438.81), between July and December 2020, and its integration into the social security system, with a 36-month link to the public social protection regime.
Requirements:
Binding to the social protection system for 30 months, after the deadline for granting the support (December 2020).
After the support is granted, the corresponding contribution…
Ministry of Social Development (18.08.2020) We're working hard to make sure clients who are out of the country and are unable to return because of the COVID-19 pandemic are financially supported. When you leave New Zealand temporarily some payments stop straight away, some are paid for up to…
Under a COVID-19 special assistance programme, some New Zealand benefits exceptionally continue to be paid to beneficiaries stranded overseas until they can return to New Zealand. This programme is currently only available until 20 October 2020.
2020-08-18
Paying clients stranded overseas
We're working hard to make sure clients who are out of the country and are unable to return because of the COVID-19 pandemic are financially supported.
When you leave New Zealand temporarily some payments stop straight away, some are paid for up to 28 days, and…
Old-age pensions,Unemployment,Extension of coverage,Service delivery,Migration
Ministry of Social Development (17.08.2020) The Government has announced a new payment, the Resurgence Wage Subsidy. It’s a two-week payment for businesses who have had, or expect to have, a revenue drop of at least 40% because of COVID-19 for a continuous 14 day period between 12 August to 10…
The Resurgence Wage Subsidy is a two-week payment for businesses who have had, or expect to have, a revenue drop of at least 40% because of COVID-19 for a continuous 14 day period between 12 August to 10 September compared to a similar period last year, and aren’t getting the Wage Subsidy, Wage Subsidy Extension or the Leave Support Scheme. It will be paid at a flat rate of: $585.80 for people working 20 hours or more per week (full-time rate) and $350.00 for people…
2020-08-17
New Resurgence Wage Subsidy - from 1pm on 21 August 2020
The Resurgence Wage Subsidy is a 2-week payment. It's available nationally for qualifying businesses who have had, or expect to have, a revenue drop of at least 40% because of COVID-19 for a continuous 14 day period between 12…
Employment,Extension of coverage,Cash transfers,COVID-19
Ministry of Social Development (18.08.2020) The COVID-19 Leave Support Scheme (used to be 'COVID-19 Essential Workers Leave Support') is available for employers, including sole traders, to pay their employees who can't work. This means your employees: can't come into work because they are in…
The COVID-19 Leave Support Scheme is available for employers to pay their employees who can't work. The Leave Support Scheme will be paid at a flat rate of: $585.80 for people who were working 20 hours or more per week (full-time rate) and $350.00 for people who were working less than 20 hours per week (part-time rate). The Leave Support Scheme is paid as a lump sum and covers 4 weeks per employee from the date you submit your application.
2020-08-18
The COVID-19 Leave Support Scheme (used to be 'COVID-19 Essential Workers Leave Support') is available for employers, including sole traders, to pay their employees who can't work.
This means your employees:
can't come into work because they are in one of the affected groups and Ministry of…
Cash sickness benefits,Safety and health at work,Cash transfers,COVID-19
Ministry of Social Development (10.06.2020) The Wage Subsidy Extension is an 8-week payment for qualifying businesses who have had a 40% decline in revenue because of COVID-19 for a continuous 30 day period compared to a similar period last year. The subsidy will be paid at a flat rate of: $…
The Wage Subsidy Extension is an 8-week payment for qualifying businesses who have had a 40% decline in revenue because of COVID-19 for a continuous 30 day period compared to a similar period last year. The subsidy will be paid at a flat rate of: $585.80 for people working 20 hours or more per week (full-time rate) and $350.00 for people working less than 20 hours per week (part-time rate). The subsidy is paid as a lump sum and covers 8 weeks per employee from the date you submit your…
2020-06-10
Wage Subsidy Extension
The Wage Subsidy Extension is an 8-week payment for qualifying businesses who have had a 40% decline in revenue because of COVID-19 for a continuous 30 day period compared to a similar period last year. The 30 day period must be in the 40 days before applying.…
Employment,Extension of coverage,Cash transfers,COVID-19
Ministry of Social Development (05.08.2020) Apprenticeship Boost is a payment to help employers keep and take on new apprentices. It means apprentices can keep earning and training towards their qualifications as the economy recovers from the impacts of COVID-19. The payment is made directly…
Apprenticeship Boost is a payment to help employers keep and take on new apprentices. Apprenticeship Boost is paid directly to employers for a maximum of 20 months from the 5th of August 2020:
employers of first year apprentices can get $1,000 a month
employers of second year apprentices can get $500 a month.
2020-08-05
Apprenticeship Boost
Apprenticeship Boost is a payment to help employers keep and take on new apprentices.
It means apprentices can keep earning and training towards their qualifications as the economy recovers from the impacts of COVID-19. The payment is made directly to employers.
Who can get…
Employment of young workers,Cash transfers,COVID-19
Government of Georgia (16.08.2020) Registration to receive assistance in the amount of 200 GEL for children through the age of 17 is taking place on a special portal at http://daxmareba.moh.gov.ge/. Registration will be open until 1 December. The disbursement of financial assistance will begin…
Registration to receive assistance in the amount of 200 GEL for children through the age of 17 is taking place on a special portal at http://daxmareba.moh.gov.ge/. Registration will be open until 1 December. The disbursement of financial assistance will begin in September this year.
2020-08-16
Registration to receive assistance in the amount of 200 GEL for children through the age of 17 is taking place on a special portal at http://daxmareba.moh.gov.ge/
Assistance is provided on the basis of an application filled out on the electronic portal by one of the child's parents or a legal…
Family benefits,Information and communication technology,E-services,Cash transfers,COVID-19
Government of Georgia (08.08.2020) Almost 112,000 beneficiaries received discount cards for over 29,000 tons of agricultural diesel. Farmers who have cashed their cards have saved almost 3.6 million GEL. Agricultural diesel discount cards expire on December 31, 2020.
Agricultural diesel discount cards for farmers. The cards expire on December 31, 2020.
2020-08-08
Under the Care for the Village and Farmers anti-crisis agricultural program, farmers and entrepreneurs enjoy significant assistance from the state
As of August 7
More than 132,000 farmers collected agricultural points, with allocated subsidies exceeding 23 million GEL. Allocation of agricultural…
AZERNEWS (10.08.2020) Lump-sum payment in the amount of AZN 190 ($111.7) will be given to unemployed people in 13 cities and regions (Baku, Jalilabad, Ganja, Masalli, Mingachevir, Sumgayit, Yevlakh and in Absheron, Barda, Goranboy, Goygol, Khachmaz, Salyan districts regions) …
Lump-sum payment in the amount of AZN 190 ($111.7) will be given to unemployed people in 13 cities and regions (Baku, Jalilabad, Ganja, Masalli, Mingachevir, Sumgayit, Yevlakh and in Absheron, Barda, Goranboy, Goygol, Khachmaz, Salyan districts regions).
2020-08-10
Lump-sum payment for unemployed people will be given in 13 cities and regions in Azerbaijan amid COVID-19, Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Population has reported.
The paymetns are part of measures of social support to be implemented during the coronavirus pandemic in line with the…
thehill.com (08.07.2020) While social security benefits are secure, the unprecedented conditions of the COVID-19 economic crisis have unearthed a technical glitch. If left uncorrected, a COVID-19 notch will result: Those turning 60 this year – more than 4 million workers – and their families will…
blogs.worldbank.org (04.05.2020) One of Pakistan’s initial measures was to expand its national safety net institution, the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP), to direct additional support to its 4.5 million women beneficiaries.
One of Pakistan’s initial measures was to expand its national safety net institution, the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP), to direct additional support to its 4.5 million women beneficiaries.
senado.leg.br (14.07.2020) The presidential decree increases the maximum deadlines for the two situations (suspension of contract or reduction of wages) to 120 days: For the proportional reduction of working hours and wages, 30 days are increased, going from the current 90 days to 120 days in total…
The presidential decree increases the maximum deadlines for the two situations (suspension of contract or reduction of wages) to 120 days: For the proportional reduction of working hours and wages, 30 days are increased, going from the current 90 days to 120 days in total; For the adoption of the temporary suspension of the employment contract, there are 60 more days, going from the current 60 to 120 days in total. The decree allows for the fractionation of the contractual suspension in…
2020-07-07
The decree that extends the suspension of employment contracts for two months and for another month the reduction of wages and workload of employees of private companies was published on Tuesday (14) in the Official Gazette . The text regulates Law 14,020, of 2020 , approved by the National…
KPMG (26.05.2020) On May 26, the Chamber of Deputies approved a bill that transfers R $ 3 billion from the Union for emergency actions aimed at the cultural sector during the pandemic of the new coronavirus, such as the payment of an emergency income of R$ 600 to informal professionals in the field.
On May 26, the Chamber of Deputies approved a bill that transfers R $ 3 billion from the Union for emergency actions aimed at the cultural sector during the pandemic of the new coronavirus, such as the payment of an emergency income of R$ 600 to informal professionals in the field.
agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br (03.07.2020) The federal government issued a decree authorizing the National Institute of Social Security (INSS) to pay prepayments for sickness benefits and the Continuing Benefit Benefit (BPC). The measure, published in an extra section of the Official Gazette (DOU) of…
The federal government issued a decree authorizing the National Institute of Social Security (INSS) to extend the pay prepayments for sickness benefits and the Continuous Cash Benefit Program (Benefício de Prestação Continuada in Portuguese- BPC). The latter is an unconditional cash transfer for the elderly and extremely poor individuals with a disability. The measure, published in an extra section of the Official Gazette (DOU) of this Thursday (2), determines that the advances will be…
2020-07-02
The federal government issued a decree authorizing the National Institute of Social Security (INSS) to pay prepayments for sickness benefits and the Continuing Benefit Benefit (BPC). The measure, published in an extra section of the Official Gazette (DOU) of this Thursday (2), determines that…
ec.europa.eu (16.07.2020) The European Commission presents Guidelines to ensure the protection of seasonal workers in the EU in the context of the coronavirus pandemic. It provides guidance to national authorities, labour inspectorates, and social partners to guarantee the rights, health and safety…
2020-07-16
Health insurance,Safety and health at work,Migration
africa.cgtn.com (28.07.2020) Zambia on Tuesday launched an emergency COVID-19 social cash transfer scheme to help vulnerable communities affected by the pandemic. Kampamba Mulenga, Minister of Community Development, said the emergency social cash transfer will help mitigate the impact of the…
An emergency COVID-19 social cash transfer scheme has been announced to help vulnerable communities affected by the pandemic. Kampamba Mulenga, Minister of Community Development, said the emergency social cash transfer will help mitigate the impact of the pandemic in vulnerable homes of the elderly, women and their children. The beneficiaries will be given money as well as food hampers for a period of six months, she added. The World Food Programme will work with the government to…
2020-07-28
Zambia on Tuesday launched an emergency COVID-19 social cash transfer scheme to help vulnerable communities affected by the pandemic.
Kampamba Mulenga, Minister of Community Development, said the emergency social cash transfer will help mitigate the impact of the pandemic in vulnerable homes of…
Social assistance,Cash transfers,Food and nutrition
UNDP (23.07.2020) This paper provides estimates for a Temporary Basic Income (TBI), a minimum guaranteed income above the poverty line, for vulnerable people in 132 developing countries. A TBI amounts to between 0.27 and 0.63 per cent of their combined GDPs, depending on the policy choice: i. top-…
boliviaemprende.com (14.04.2020) Se establece el Plan de Emergencia de Apoyo al Empleo y Estabilidad Laboral, con el fin de otorgar recursos a las empresas legalmente constituidas y que sus trabajadores estén registrados en el Sistema Integral de Pensiones a fin de permitir un apoyo en el pago de…
The Emergency Support to Employment and Labour Stability (Plan de Emergencia de Apoyo al Empleo y Estabilidad Laboral) is a credit that the government will offer to companies to support them in paying their employees' salaries. The credit equals 2 national legal minimum wages per worker per month, for a maximum of 2 months.
The credits will be concessional, with a term of up to eighteen (18) months and with six (6) months of grace.
periodicobolivia.com.bo (01.04.2020) El Decreto Supremo 1293 del 1 de abril, en su artículo 6 (Flexibilidad laboral) parágrafo I señala que, de manera excepcional y temporal, se reducirá la jornada laboral para el sector público y privado y que el Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Previsión Social,…
Supreme Decree 1293 of April 1, in its article 6 (Labor flexibility) paragraph I indicates that, exceptionally and temporarily, the working hours will be reduced for the public and private sector and that the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Welfare , will issue the corresponding regulation. It is still unknown if the salary will be reduced or supplemented.
periodicobolivia.com.bo (14.04.2020) Decreto Supremo 4218 que en su artículo 1 da a conocer la implementación y la regulación del Teletrabajo, como una “modalidad especial de prestación de servicios caracterizada por la utilización de Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación – TIC en los…
Supreme Decree 4218 that in its article 1 discloses the implementation and regulation of Telework, as a "special modality of provision of services characterized by the use of Information and Communication Technologies - ICT in the public and private sectors."
eriodicobolivia.com.bo (21.03.2020) De acuerdo al Decreto 4199 del 21 de marzo, durante la vigencia de la cuarentena total, los servidores públicos, trabajadores y todo personal que preste funciones en el sector público y privado en el territorio nacional, tendrán derecho al pago de sus salarios,…
According to Decree 4199 of March 21, during the validity of the total quarantine, public servants, workers and all personnel providing functions in the public and private sector in the national territory, will have the right to receive their wages, for what which those responsible for its processing will have the authorization to mobilize and carry out the activities that it demands.
elperiodico.com.gt (25.05.2020) La primera estimación del pago del Bono de Riesgo que el Congreso aprobó para el personal del Ministerio de Salud Pública y Asistencia Social (MSPAS) sería otorgar Q870 para los trabajadores de esa cartera en los renglones 011, 021, 022 y 031. Este bono fue aprobado…
A Risk Cash bonus ("Bono de Riesgo") to medical personnel of 870 quetzals was approved by Decree 20-2020. It would cover permanent medical staff only (about 24, 308 persons) with a budget of 21.1 million quetzals. The bonus has not been paid out yet.
CEPAL (Julio 2020) Este Informe Especial es el quinto de una serie que elabora la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) sobre la evolución y los efectos del COVID-19 en América Latina y el Caribe. Esta edición se centra en los efectos económicos cada vez mayores de la pandemia…
2020-08-07
Unemployment,Employment policies,Governance and administration,Cash transfers,Financing
CEPAL (02.04.2020) Esta reunión tuvo como objetivo compartir experiencias sobre el rol de los Ministerios de Desarrollo Social y entidades equivalentes frente a la actual crisis causada por el COVID-19. En especial, interesaba conocer cómo cada institución ha respondido a la pandemia en relación a…
2020-08-07
Governance and administration,Social policies & programmes
knowledge.leglobal.org (2020) Resumen de las principales y primeras medidas laborales que se adoptaron en Iberoamérica para mitigar el desempleo en el contexto de la pandemia.
