europapress.es (16.03.2020)  Brasil inyectará 26.705 millones por el coronavirus. Se destinarán hasta 83.400 millones de reales (15.140 millones de euros) a la población más vulnerable, un total de 59.400 millones de reales (10.778 millones de euros) al mantenimiento de puestos de trabajo y al menos 4.500 millones de reales (816 millones de euros) a la lucha directa contra la pandemia. Esta partida presupuestaria se une a algunas medidas que el Ejecutivo de Jair Bolsonaro ha adoptado durante las últimas semanas.

(14.03.2020) As part of the response, the House passed H.R. 6201, Families First Coronavirus Response Act. Here are some of the highlights in the bill:

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (16.03.2020) Reforming EI to protect more workers. This paper examines how well protected Canadian workers are now and what else should be done to better insulate them from these risks.

KPMG China (15.03.2020) Hubei Province : Between February and June 2020: All enterprises enrolled in China Social Security Schemes are exempt from making employer contributions to pension, unemployment and work-related injury insurance schemes. 

National Post (13.03.2020) Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced changes to Canada’s sick-leave benefits under employment insurance Wednesday, to respond to concerns about COVID-19

japantimes.co.jp (06.03.2020) Amid mounting criticism over the low number of people who have been tested for COVID-19 in Japan compared to its neighboring countries, screenings are being covered from Friday by the national health insurance in an effort to increase testing.

citizensinformation.ie (March 2020) COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment is a new social welfare payment for employees and self-employed people who are unemployed or who have their hours of work reduced during the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. This includes people who have been put on part-time or casual work. It will be paid for up to 6 weeks and has a simple one–page application form. The new payment aims to get a social welfare payment to unemployed people quickly.

Anshin Immigration & Social Security (27.02.2020) Employment Adjustment Subsidy is to support employers who are suffered from the business downturn but maintain employment by paying leave allowance and letting employees take partly paid leave, rather than firing them. The subsidy reimburses two third for a SME employer or a half for a large enterprise of the leave allowance.

Gov.ie (12.03.2020) The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection are introducing measures to provide income support to people affected by COVID-19 (Coronavirus). 3 major changes have been announced:

ameli.fr (13.03.2020) Un téléservice, « declare.ameli.fr », est mis en place par l’Assurance Maladie pour permettre aux employeurs de déclarer leurs salariés contraints de rester à domicile suite à la fermeture de l’établissement accueillant leur enfant, sans possibilité de télétravail. Cette déclaration fait office d’avis d’arrêt de travail.