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VZ: Thales Sac implementa medidas preventivas frente al Covid-19

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Una contribución de la Comunidad Visión Zero:

THALESCORP SAC ha emitido un conjunto de medidas preventivas para proteger a sus empleados del Covid-19. Éstas se enumeran en una guía que también explica cómo se ha contenido el virus en otros países, los síntomas y las recomendaciones de medidas generales de higiene y distanciamiento físico con infográficos.

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peru
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Workplace health promotion
Safety and health at work
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Ghana: On Updates To Ghana’s Enhanced Response To The Coronavirus Pandemic

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presidency.gov.gh (05.04.2020) The Ghana Water Company Ltd and the Electricity Company of Ghana have been directed to ensure the stable supply of water and electricity. Government will absorb the water bills for all Ghanaians for the next three months, i.e. April, May and June. All water tankers, publicly and privately-owned, are also going to be mobilised to ensure the supply of water to all vulnerable communities.

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ghana
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Social assistance

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Malaysia: Introduction of i-Lestari Withdrawal

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kwsp.gov.my (23.03.2020) Employees Provident Fund (EPF) says that EPF members may apply for the i-Lestari Account 2 Withdrawal Scheme beginning 1 April 2020. They can expect their savings to be deposited into their bank accounts from 1 May 2020.

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malaysia
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Old-age pensions
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VZ-Austria: Greeting Rules /Begrüssungsreglen

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Ein Beitrag aus der Vision Zero Community

Die Vision Zero Firma Adresys hat Plakate entworfen mit Vorschlägen, wie man sich in Zukunft grüssen kann. Darin enthalten sind z.B. der "Wuhan Shake", der "Elbow-Bump", oder auch der "Thai Wai".

Download the "HowToGreet" Posters (in English and German)

 

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austria
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Occupational accidents and diseases
Prevention of occupational risks
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VZ: Posters to prevent the Spead of COVID-19 in Russian

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A contribution from the Vision Zero Community:

The Vision Zero Company  "ОхраПро" has produced their own posters to promote prevention measures in times of COVID-19 and has offered them as free ressources to the Vision Zero Community for download (in Russian only):

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Russian Federation
Global challenges
Topics
Occupational accidents and diseases
Prevention of occupational risks
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Colombia: Se reconoce el Covid-19 como enfermedad laboral para trabajadores en el sector salud

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regiones.gov.co (12.04.2020) Decreto 538. Artículo 13. Requisitos para inclusión del Coronavirus COVID-19 como enfermedad laboral directa. Elimfnense los requisitos de que trata el parágrafo 2 del artículo 4 de la Ley 1562 de 2012 para incluir dentro de la tabla de enfermedades laborales, el Coronavirus COVID- 19 como enfermedad laboral directa, respecto de los trabajadores del sector salud, incluyendo al personal administrativo, de aseo, vigilancia y de apoyo que preste servicios en las diferentes actividades de prevención, diagnóstico y atención de esta enfermedad.

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colombia
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Cash sickness benefits
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Malaysia: Contributions to the Employees Provident Fund will be reduced

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treasury.gov.my (27.02.2020) The effects of COVID-19 reverberate beyond the tourism industry. Malaysian businesses, especially exporters are affected by supply chain disruptions involving factories and ports in China. Therefore, the Government will carry out immediate measures to boost local consumption growth to cushion the effect of negative external factors, while protecting local Malaysian jobs. These measures include: First : the minimum Employees Provident Fund (EPF) contribution by employees will be reduced by 4% from 11% to 7%, with effect from 1 April 2020 to 31 December 2020.

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malaysia
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Pensions
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Malaysia: Additional PRIHATIN SME Economic Stimulus Package

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pmo.gov.my (06.04.2020) The additional measures are: First, the wage subsidy programme announced on 27 March will be expanded from RM5.9 billion to RM13.8 billion, an increase of RM7.9 billion. Under this additional initiative, all companies with local employees earning a monthly salary each of RM4,000 and below will receive wage subsidies as follows: For companies with a workforce of more than 200 people, we will provide a wage subsidy of RM600 per month for every retained worker.

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malaysia
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Unemployment

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United States: Impact payments to social security beneficiaries who are not required to file tax returns

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ssa.gov (03.04.2020) The Department of the Treasury (Treasury) announced on April 1 that Social Security beneficiaries who are not typically required to file tax returns will not need to file an abbreviated tax return to receive an economic impact payment. The IRS will use the information on the Form SSA-1099 to generate $1,200 economic impact payments to Social Security beneficiaries who did not file tax returns in 2018 or 2019.

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United States
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Topics
Cash transfers

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Barbados: Anticipation of pension payments

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nis.gov.bb (11.03.2020) NIS pensioners can have their pensions deposited to their bank and credit union accounts. Your pension can be issued for a four-week period instead of the two-week intervals to which you are accustomed.

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barbados
Global challenges
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Old-age pensions
Service delivery
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