As part of its commitment to mitigate the adverse financial impact of
the lockdown on economic operators, Government is waiving the fees
payable by sellers of vegetables, haberdashery and general merchandise in
markets around the island during the curfew period. For those who have
already paid, the amount will be deducted in the
next instalment due
The basis for the subsidy is 50% of the employee’s monthly wages. Minimum support is P 1000. Maximum support is P 2500. The subsidy period commences in April and ends in June 2020. All business sectors are eligible for the subsidy with the exception of the following:
a. Water Supply; b. Electricity Supply; c. Wholesale – Food; d. Retail – Food; e. Post and Communications; f. Banks; g. Insurance; h. Parastatal-Companies; i. Businesses with direct Government shareholding and Government aided…
O INSTITUO Nacional de Segurança Social (INSS) vai subsidiar os trabalhadores positivos da Covid-19 com um valor correspondente a 70 por cento do salário médio diário. Segundo o director-geral da instituição, para serem elegíveis, os trabalhadores devem ser contribuintes do sistema de segurança social, sendo obrigatória a apresentação do atestado médico
(Maintenance of food prices on the local market by strengthening control by the Directorate General for Trade and Competition.)
En ces temps où les offres de produits sont souvent insuffisantes à cause de pratiques commerciales déloyales comme la rétention de produits à des fins de spéculation, des hausses de prix des produits de première nécessité sont généralement constatées et déplorées. À cet effet, il sera procédé, principalement, au renforcement du contrôle des prix appliqués par les…
La prise en charge, pour les mois d’avril et de mai 2020, des factures d’électricité et d’eau des catégories relevant des tranches dites sociales, à savoir les plus démunies.
Il s’agit aussi de l’exonération de la Taxe sur la Valeur Ajoutée les factures d’électricité et d’eau, de tous les consommateurs, pour les mois d’avril, mai et juin 2020.
Cash benefits to: Workers who temporarily stopped working or have been on unpaid leave (VND 1.8 million/person/month); (iv) unemployed workers without unemployment insurance, and self-employed workers (VND 1 million/person/month); (v) households with monthly taxable revenue below VND 100 million/month that temporarily suspended business (VND 1 million/household/month).
Benefits will also be provided to poor households.
This is part of a cash transfer package worth of VND 36 trillion. The…
A holiday bonus was planned to be paid to retirees just before the religious
holiday, but it will be paid earlier (at the beginning of April 2020). To get the above bonus, the retiree had to go to the Bank Branch. But now, the bonus will be deposited to their Bank accounts or delivered at home.
Each poor household will get a monthly allowance of VND1 million ($43), near-poor household get VND 250,000 per month, while social protection beneficiaries would receive an additional of VND500,000 per month on top of the monthly allowance.
Employees, small/household businesses that have had to suspend operation and suffer difficulties due to Covid-19 would also be supported with VND1 million per month.
This is part of a cash transfer package worth of VND 36 trillion. The allowances would be…
The Ministry of Agriculture will provide hygiene and protection equipment
against COVID-19 as well as appropriate housing and transportation
conditions for seasonal agricultural workers.
Employers will be able to contact HMRC (revenue and customs) for a grant
to cover most of the wages of people who are not working that are furloughed
and kept on payroll rather than being laid off. Government grants would
cover 80% of the salary of retained workers to a total of 2,500 pounds a
month. The scheme will cover the cost of wages backdated to March 1 and
will initially be open for three months (might be extended if needed).
The self-employed or people earning below the Lower Earnings Limit of
£118 per week can now more easily claim Universal Credit or Contributory
Employment and Support Allowance (Contributory Employment and Support
Allowance will be payable, at a rate of £73.10 a week for those over 25, for
eligible people affected by COVID-19 or self-isolating in line with advice
from Day 1 of sickness, rather than Day 8).
Monthly budget allocated to 1,003 social assistance and solidarity
foundations who provide social assistance to various disadvantaged groups
was increased from 135 million TL (around $21 million) to 180 million TL
(around $27 million) in total.
On March 20, 2020, schools across the United Kingdom were closed. By
March 31, 2020, the government formally launched a national voucher
scheme to ensure that the 1.3 million eligible school-aged children will
continue to have access to meals during COVID-19-induced school closures.
Under the scheme, each school-aged child would receive £15 per week
voucher (equivalent to £3 per day), with the vouchers being redeemable at all
major supermarkets. The value of the vouchers exceeds the costs…
Facilitate and accelerate the process to benefit from the Short-term Work Allowance. Short-term Work Allowance provides income support for workers whenever business is slowed down or suspended as a result of a general, sectoral or regional crisis or another coercive condition. The allowance provides 1,752 TL/month (around $271) for those that receive minimum wage in the last 12 months. The allowance can be provided for a maximum of 3 months and can be extended to 6 months through a Presidential…
The Turkish government has announced an additional 2 billion Turkish Lira ($300M) for financial aid to families in need according to criteria defined by the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Services
For the duration of the outbreak, the requirements of the Universal Credit
Program will be temporarily relaxed for those who have COVID-19 or are
self-isolating according to government advice. People will be able to claim
Universal Credit and access advance payments upfront without the current
requirement to attend a job Centre if they are advised to self-isolate.
The UK would raise its main state-paid benefit. The universal credit standard
allowance for the next 12 months would increase by 1,000 pounds a year,
with the working tax credit basic element rising by the same amount as well.
It is expected that the measures will benefit over 4 million of the most
vulnerable households.
Ethiopia prohibited companies from laying off workers and terminating
employment in measures introduced as part of a state of emergency to stop
the spread of the coronavirus
Government announced direct cash aid to a broader pool of self-employed persons, and enhanced support for lower-income workers, as part of a stimulus package of S$48 billion ($33 billion). Other measures in the package include: scrapping of property tax for virus-hit hotels, restaurants and shops, expansion of wage support for businesses, including extra support for those in food services, aviation and tourism industries, and freeze of government fees and charges.
All Singaporeans aged 21 and above will receive a one-off payment of S$600 in April. The government had originally announced in February a payment of S$100-300 and then in March it decided to increase the benefit to S$300-600, with payouts due to be distributed from August to September. Eventually, it was announced that a one-off payout (called the Solidarity Payment) will be made in April and, later in June, those who qualify for the higher tiers will receive an additional amount of either S$…
Eligible employers will be able to apply for the Leave of Absence Support Programme.
It gives the employer $100 daily per affected worker for the duration of the LOA. From 18 Feb 2359hr, this will be extended to those affected by the Stay-Home Notice requirement.
Eligible self-employed persons can also apply for the $100 daily.
Extension of 60 rides transport cards (metro, busses, trolleys) for 5 days in
case they were not used for the period of March 30-April 3 (self-isolation
period).
renforcement des capacités opérationnelles des structures sanitaires du pays et le déploiement de laboratoires mobiles pour le dépistage de "manière totalement confidentielle, rapide et surtout gratuite" des populations sur l'étendue du territoire.
Over the next three months, starting in April, all families entitled to maternity capital (grant) will be paid an additional RUB 5,000 (US$63) a month for each child under the age of three, inclusive. This support is especially important for families where children do not attend a nursery or kindergarten, and for parents who are on sick leave or on parental leave.
The elderly and disability allowances of 100 Pa'anga (about 42 U.S. dollars) per person for COVID 19 plus March and April monthly allowances will be paid out next week.
All social benefits and special entitlements over the next six months will be
extended automatically, without submitting any additional information and
going to the authorities.
Wage payments for contracted teachers in state schools that receive wages
based on the hours they teach will continue to receive wages during the
school closure period.
Citizens over 60 y.o. will be able to order food and medicine delivery by
(hotline) phone and get it delivered to their homes. This measure is being
implemented with the support of All-Russia People’s Fund (ONF), the
Roscongress Foundation and Rostelecom (Russia's leading long-distance
telephony provider). The volunteers are coordinated by the All-Russian Public
Movement "Medical Volunteers" and the Association of Volunteer
Centers.The food and medicine delivery is…
Compensatory working is compensating for the decrease or stop in working
hours due to coercive reasons. The employer can request for an increased
number of working hours by a daily maximum of 3 hours to compensate for
this loss, for a maximum of 2 months after the decrease in working hours has
occurred. This duration is now increased to 4 months under the Coronavirus
measures to increase employment sustainability.
Minister of Community Development, Social and Territorial Equity, announced the establishment of an "important program" of food distribution for one million households, or eight million of Senegalese.
To promote the use of electronic payment tools the Western Africa Central
Bank (BCEAO) is providing more flexible measures to open a mobile money
and making transfers between people backed by electronic money free. The measures are effective for 30 days, renewable.
The government plans to set up an emergency fund of up to FCFA 1000 billion (7 percent of GDP), financed by a mix of donor contributions, voluntary donations from the private sector, and the budget. The Fund will be used to support vulnerable households and firms. FCFA 50 billion will be allocated for urgent food aid. The government intends to adopt tax measures, providing some general tax relief and targeted support to the most affected sectors (hotels, restaurants, transport and culture). A…
In February, the government launched a Jobs Support Scheme to help companies defray wage costs through tax rebates and subsidies. The scheme gave wage subsidies of between 25 per cent and 75 per cent, depending on the sector, for the first $4,600 of gross monthly wages per local employee till the end of the year.
In April, it was announced that such scheme will be enhanced and cover up to 75 per cent of wages for all local employees, which means it will benefit all of Singapore’s 1.9 million…
Government announced the suspension of student-loan interest and repayment charges, for a year and the suspension of late-payment charges on public-housing mortgage arrears for three months, as part of a stimulus package of S$48 billion ($33 billion). Other measures in the package include: scrapping of property tax for virus-hit hotels, restaurants and shops, expansion of wage support for businesses, including extra support for those in food services, aviation and tourism industries, and freeze…
Civil servants will be given a one-off cash transfer of RM500 per person in April 2020. This will benefit 1.5 million workers. Public pensioners will also be given a one-off cash transfer of RM500 per person in April 2020. This will benefit 850,000 pensioners.
A higher level for the sick leave pay will be introduced. Sick leave payments
will be equal to at least one minimum wage 12,130 (US$152) per month until
the end of this year, as well as automatic prolongation of benefits without
beneficiaries having to file additional paperwork. Prior to this change, cash
sickness benefits were calculated on the employee's length of service and
salary. Previously, some employees were entitled in the past to very low
payment for sick leave.
The Malaysian government has budgeted RM10 billion to provide one-off
cash transfer to depending on income level
- RM1600 to 4 million households earning <RM4000/month
- RM1000 to 1.1 million households earning RM4000-8000/month
- RM800 to 3 million single individuals aged 21+ earning
<RM2000/month
- RM500 to 400,000 single individuals aged 21+ earning RM2000-
4000/month
The government will also provide a special monthly critical worker allowance
of RM400 (US$100) for medical doctors and other medical personnel, as well
as RM200 (US$50) for the military, police, civil defense, immigration, firefighters, and members of the voluntary force directly involved in implementing the lockdown.
The Government of the Russian Federation has approved a new maximum amount of unemployment benefits. It will be 12130 rubles. The decision shall enter into force upon publication of the document. Beneficiary recipients whose benefit amount was limited to the maximum amount will be recalculated taking into account the new established maximum. These citizens will receive increased benefits in April. Previously, the maximum unemployment benefit was 8 thousand rubles per month.
Healthcare personnel will have their special monthly allowance increased from 400 ringgit (US$91) to 600 ringgit (US$137) and a special allowance of 200 ringgit (US$45)
