The Turks and Caicos Islands Government has by virtue of Section 11 of the Emergency Powers (Covid-19) (Economic Relief Measures) Regulations 2020 established the Coronavirus Business Assistance Grant. This relief measure makes it possible for eligible small businesses (MSMEs) and self-employed persons to access cash grants to assist with the expected economic fallout from the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.
The cash grant may be available to eligible small businesses and self-employed…
The Coronavirus Social Enhancement Aid Stimulus Package which provides access to vulnerable persons within the TCI who have been significantly affected in terms of their social needs.
The benefit is in the amount of $200 to provide food assistance to support a family of four (4) or less.The financial assistance will be provided for a period of three (3) months.
The vulnerable is defined as a person in need of special care, support, or protection because of age, disability, unemployment or…
Price ceiling on basic food items and essential medical supplies. These items and supplies will constitute the Covid-19 Basket of Goods.
An Order will be issued giving effect to the Covid-19 Basket of Goods which will make it mandatory that every vendor, that includes supermarkets and grocers, observe the prices set by the Government in relation to each item in the Covid-19 Basket of Goods.
Price ceiling on basic food items and essential medical supplies. These items and supplies will constitute the Covid-19 Basket of Goods.
An Order will be issued giving effect to the Covid-19 Basket of Goods which will make it mandatory that every vendor, that includes supermarkets and grocers, observe the prices set by the Government in relation to each item in the Covid-19 Basket of Goods.
All citizens of Tuvalu are to get just over $US17 a month.
Overseas students are eligible for grants between $US44 and $US88 dollars a month.
Civil servants overseas will get $US53 dollars a day and a risk allowance for police of $US44 a day.
The government said the money had come both from donors and from national budget savings
$2m is being made available to the Ministry of Health to ensure that health-related spending is available to protect people’s wellbeing, take care of the sick, and slow the spread of the virus. The Turks and Caicos Islands Government Contingency Fund has been increased to $7m.
Members of the National Provident Fund made redundant are being given $US215 each month for three months, and those forced onto reduced hours get $US108 for the same period.
The government has continued to prioritize programs to strengthen the social safety net, including the provision of food packages among vulnerable families. Sixty thousand food packages were distributed in April.
Government will cover 50% of the June "prima" ("Christmas bonus") for workers who receive up to a minimum wage.
To access this subsidy, companies must certify that during the pandemic their income has decreased by at least 20%. The other 50% of the premium must be paid by the employer, however, companies may reach an agreement with the employee to pay in installments.
The "prima de servicio" ("Christmas bonus") is a benefit to which all employees with…
Illinois government announced $270 million in funding for childcare providers through the Coronavirus Urgent Remediation Emergency (CURE) Fund for businesses who lost revenue due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Child Care Restoration Grants will be administered by the Illinois Network of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies (INCCRRA). More than 2,500 licensed homes and 700 child care centers in the state that will be eligible for assistance from the new grant program.
Arkansas: The federal government is giving more than $40M to Arkansas childcare providers; and essential workers.The additional payments to providers are designed to keep their doors open during the pandemic.
The money will also be used to help offset the cost of sanitizers and masks for employees, but the biggest part of the announcement today; involves essential workers.
For the first time, they will be eligible for assistance; regardless of income.
TCIG will waive all charges for water for the months of April –June 2020. No disconnections would be carried out during the period April to June 2020. ($9.7m Write Off of Long Outstanding Water Arrears) The projected revenue to be foregone is $9.7m. This stimulus item would encourage clean living and assist providing water to residents on the islands of Grand Turk, Salt Cay and South Caicos.
Under this stimulus-package the government has increased the social welfare budget by 100 percent. From this increased amount an additional $500,000 has been added to the budgetary allocation to further boost the home-help programme that is being managed through the social welfare programme.
The Home Help programme will therefore be doubled to meet the needs of additional persons that may become destitute due to the fall out in global economic activities.
$15 million will be made available in direct assistance to employees and self-employed within the hospitality industry that would have been laid off, ceased operations or terminated since March 16, 2020. This includes a proposed one-off payment of $1,200 per employee. This is in addition to the payouts that they may be receiving from their employers.
The Federal Government has approved two months hazard allowance for health workers battling the COVID-19 pandemic. The hazard allowance for the months of April and May would be paid before Friday, June 12, 2020.
The planned increase in Central Provident Fund contribution rates for senior workers will be deferred by one year to Jan 1, 2022. This is to help employers manage costs amid the Covid-19 pandemic, said Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat on Tuesday (May 26). The increase, which was initially to take place on Jan 1 next year, will see employers and workers contribute either 0.5 percentage point or one percentage point more for workers aged 55 to 70, based on the worker's age. This is part…
2020-05-26
Old-age pensions,Contribution collection and compliance
This program will offer financial assistance in the amount of $600.00 and $400.00 respectively for a period of three months beginning April 1, 2020 to head of households and individuals who have either been laid off or whose employment have been terminated as a result the COVID-19 Pandemic or the Emergency Powers (Curfew) Order, Statutory Rules and Order No. 15 of 2020. Head of household is defined as a person with at least one child under the age of 18.
Eligibility Criteria
- Individual must…
More firms in sectors such as construction, retail and aerospace will be eligible for higher tiers of wage subsidies under the latest $2.9 billion enhancement to the Jobs Support Scheme, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat said on Tuesday (May 26). The Jobs Support Scheme covers between 25 per cent and 75 per cent of the first $4,600 of gross monthly wages for all 1.9 million local employees. It was first announced in February.
This grant program is targeted at self-employed sole trader businesses. This program will offer grant financial assistance in the amount of $500.00, to self-employed individuals whose businesses have been suspended as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic or the Emergency Powers (Curfew) Order, Statutory Rules and Order No. 15 of 2020. Grants will be paid via the Dominica Social Security (DSS).
Eligibility Criteria
- Person must be a self-employed individual and a citizen of the Commonwealth of…
The Jobs Support Scheme covers between 25 per cent and 75 per cent of the first $4,600 of gross monthly wages for all 1.9 million local employees. The scheme, first announced in February, will also be extended by one month to cover wages paid in August. This means employers will receive wage subsidies for all local employees for 10 months instead of nine. This will cost the Government $23.5 billion in all.
To assist with meeting the cost of farm labour and other direct costs, cash grants have been approved to approximately 2,500 individual crop farmers.This intervention is valued at EC$3.5 million.
Singapore is injecting another $33 billion in relief measures to help Singaporeans and local businesses tide through the Covid-19 storm that has panned out to be the republic’s biggest crisis since independence. Dubbed the Fortitude Budget, the additional measures announced on May 26 will build on measures unveiled earlier in the Unity Budget on Feb 18. Together, the total relief measures doled out by the government to cushion the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak now amounts to $92.9 billion –…
Government will purchase fish and fresh produce from farmers and fishers who are prepared to sell directly to the government. Some of this produce will also be distributed to the most vulnerable in communities. An amount of 3 million dollars has been set aside to facilitate this programme.
2020-05-17
Food and nutrition,Social assistance,Mutual benefit societies
All households with at least one Singaporean member will receive a one-off $100 sum to cover their utility bills. This sum, known as the Solidarity Utilities Credit, will be credited in their utility bills in July or August and cover all property types.It is a way of thanking Singaporeans for doing their part in the fight against Covid-19 by staying home, said Mr Heng, who is also Finance Minister.
It is also established that for self-employed workers "the first advance payment of social security contributions is not due and the calculation of the second advance payment for the period of activity for the purpose of determining the advances due is made, on an extraordinary basis, with rates reduced to 50% based on the expected minimum income. " And again: " the payment of contributions , upon application to be submitted within the deadline set by the regulations in force to…
Government has automatically extended the eligibility period of benefits recipients temporarily: Recipients of long-term care benefits; Recipients of disability pension, disabled child benefit and attendance benefits; Recipients of a work disability pension; Recipients of hostile actions casualty benefit; unemployment benefits.
The minimum guaranteed income for families is introduced "from March 1, 2020 and until the date of cessation of the emergency". The amount paid to needy families will be € 580 per month for each family , increased by € 150 for the spouse or for the partner more uxorio or for the contractor of the civil union, and € 50 for any other partner of the family. . The minimum household income is further increased by the amount equal to 50% of the monthly rent the housing unit in which the…
Recipients of long-term care services who are in self-isolation or live in the same house as a quarantined individual – may receive a long-term care benefit in cash.
A long term care benefit is granted to those who reached retirement age, who live in their own home and are in need of assistance from another person in performing daily activities, as well as to people requiring a supervision at home for the sake of their own safety and the safety of those surrounding them. The benefit is designed…
An " extraordinary parental permit " is also established , which can be used by December 31, 2020 for a continuous or split period, even in single hours, not exceeding 150 working hours which can be used by parents, employees of the private or public sector, for their children up to 12 years of age in the period of suspension of educational services for children and educational activities in schools of all levels and for disabled or non-self-sufficient family members ". Parental…
Those living abroad and required to provide a life certificate to continue receiving a benefit, may provide us with a life certificate by the month of June 2020.We will continue to pay the benefit to those who are required to give us a life certificate by the month of June (benefit payment will be discontinued for those failing to submit the certificate on that deadline).
If this situation persists, we will release updated guidelines concerning the submission of life certificates.
The possible use of banking services for the payment of social security pensions up to the amount of the minimum wage of the Civil Service, in order to avoid the crowding of people during the emergency situation, is exempt from all bank charges, including those due for the issue of a single cheque.
Those eligible for the grant include self-employed workers and employee-owned businesses whose revenues did not exceed NIS 1 million during the 2018 tax year. Eligible businesses will receive up to 70% of their average monthly revenue, or a maximum of NIS 10,500.
Employee-owned businesses will only be able to submit applications from May 18, the Tax Authority said, adding that it requires additional time to prepare suitable eligibility checks.
Self-employed workers whose annual revenues are NIS…
Social security benefits for disability, old age or survivors, the latter in its overall value, will be increased, on a transitional basis and at the expense of the Resilience Fund, in cases where the support granted to the population not covered reaches the minimum value of those benefits.
The FSM government has approved a US$ 15 million Economic Stimulus Package focused on supporting businesses in the tourism sector. The package includes provisions for wage subsidies, debt relief, and gross revenue tax and social security tax rebates for affected
businesses in the FSM.
Creation of a Resilience Fund to support a contingency plan for the health sector, maintain labour relations, alleviate the financial crisis of companies and rescue target groups of society without the means to survive.
In order to provide a sense of stability for employees and support for employers, during the state of emergency the state will fund sick leave from the second day of illness (sick leave certificate B), regardless of the sector in which the person works.
The state will fund sick leave from the second day of illness for adults who: are ill or injured; are required to isolate; returning from abroad who work in educational, medical, or social care institutions with contact with clients; taking…
2020-05-07
Cash sickness benefits,Health,Safety and health at work,Shocks & extreme events
The government will increase allowances for child support, old age pension (AOV - social pension), people with disabilities, households who were receiving 37 SRD in aid, adding a monthly allowance for pensioners. This is part of an economic package launched by the Government to help companies and persons during the COVID-19 crisis. The COVID Emergency Fund, in particular, is focused on helping Surinamese families who have been financially struggling after the lockdown and dealing with the…
Persons with disabilities under the age of 16 who normally receive their services every two months, had their April assistance advanced to them in the month of March to facilitate whatever preparations they needed to make. Similar arrangements were also made for persons receiving foster care subsistence.
The government will increase allowances for child support, old age pension (AOV - social pension), people with disabilities, households who were receiving 37 SRD in aid, adding a monthly allowance for pensioners.
This is part of an economic package launched by the Government to help companies and persons during the COVID-19 crisis. The COVID Emergency Fund, in particular, is focused on helping Surinamese families who have been financially struggling after the lockdown and dealing with the…
The Department of Social Services continues to provide assistance to persons in need by assessing them for Emergency, Temporary or Permanent Food Assistance. This includes special food assistance to those persons who – as a result of the closure of the tourism sector — found themselves on reduced workweeks.
The fund will also contribute 50 million SRD to the Residential Construction fund to help people who have home security issues.
This is part of an economic package launched by the Government to help companies and persons during the COVID-19 crisis. The COVID Emergency Fund, in particular, is focused on helping Surinamese families who have been financially struggling after the lockdown and dealing with the slowdown of the economy.
Employees who are members of their business’s social insurance scheme may be eligible to receive about 500,000 kip as part of measures to help people affected by the Covid-19 outbreak, provided by the National Social Security Fund (NSSF). Of the 170,000 members, close to 80,000 will benefit from this scheme through June.
The businesses particularly affected by closure under the current lockdown are processing and garment factories, construction material manufacturers, restaurants and shops, as…
1,500 SRD for jobseekers or unemployed persons.
This is part of an economic package launched by the Government to help companies and persons during the COVID-19 crisis. The COVID Emergency Fund, in particular, is focused on helping Surinamese families who have been financially struggling after the lockdown and dealing with the slowdown of the economy.
Elegible groups:
- Persons who have been dismissed because of the COVID-19 measures by their employer: SRD 1500 (US$ 201) per person, after…
National Social Security Fund Office will delay social security contribution payment period for businesses affected by COVID-19 for a period of three months – from April to June.
2020-05-20
Contribution collection and compliance,Shocks & extreme events
The Council of Ministers will approve next week the minimum vital income, a benefit that will serve as a complement for those households with lower incomes and that will reach 850,000 households. Aid whose amount "will depend on the members of the household" but which will have a "permanent" character. The benefit that will cost 3,000 million euros for the coffers public.
6,000 temporary workers have felt the full force of the economic issues linked with the crisis as they are not eligible for temporary unemployment measures. To ease their situation, the State plans to make advance payments to temporary employment agencies for holiday pay where it is due.
Tourism Stimulus Package: A smaller income support program titled Tourism Stimulus Package was announced on April 17th. The program will cover only 2,436 people formally affiliated with tourism sector and will provide support to them through cash for work and
cash for reskilling style programs. Work provided under this program includes beautification of the main tourist attractions, maintenance of relevant infrastructure, hotel assessments, support to carrying out of survey and studies aimed…
