Published Measures summary

France: Support measures for businesses during containment | Social security tax exemption

Submitted by siha on

Gouvernement.fr (13. 11. 2020) This concerns companies with less than 50 employees closed administratively and those with less than 250 employees in the tourism, events, culture, sport, air transport sectors with a loss of activity of at least 50% :  

  • employers benefit from a total exemption from employer social contributions excluding supplementary pensions, and assistance with the payment of social contributions of 20% of the payroll;
  • the self-employed receive a lump sum reduction of social contributions.
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Europe
france
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Contribution collection and compliance
COVID-19
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Uruguay: Covid-19 Fund

Submitted by mmarquez on

On April 8, Uruguay enacted Law No. 19,874 creating the Covid-19 Solidarity Fund , a precedent seen by the cross-sectional group of 16 economists who proposed a similar formula to address the emergency and post-pandemic recovery in Chile. The formula of creating a Covid fund, from which up to US $ 12 billion could be drawn  to finance support for  individuals and companies, seeks that the Government does not have to go to Congress for each measure: once the framework of action has been agreed, it would be issue decrees charged to fund financing.

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uruguay
Global challenges
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Financing
Financial crisis

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Uruguay: Extension of health coverage for laid-off workers

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BPS (09.11.2020) Workers with activity and health coverage in March 2020, terminated between the 1st. August and October 31, will maintain their mutual membership for three months, as well as that of their dependents.

Membership will be extended to:

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uruguay
Global challenges
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Health insurance
Unemployment
Extension of coverage

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Uruguay: New extraordinary item for beneficiaries of Family Allowances of the Equity Plan

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BPS (12.11.2020) Beneficiaries of family allowances (AFAM) from the Equity Plan who do not have a Uruguay Social Card will receive a reinforcement of 50% of their monthly allowance in November and December due to the health and social emergency situation that the country is going through.

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uruguay
Global challenges
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Family benefits
Cash transfers
COVID-19
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Uruguay: Exemption from employer contributions for school transport companies and those who provide school canteen services

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BPS (20.11.2020) Transportation companies and school canteens are exempted from paying employer retirement contributions in the period between April 1, 2020 and March 31, 2021. There are already 293 companies that have this benefit.

Regions / Country
uruguay
Global challenges
Topics
Old-age pensions
Contribution collection and compliance
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Belgique : les mécanismes de droit passerelle prolongés et amplifiés

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(25.10.2020) Le Conseil des ministres a validé vendredi la prolongation du droit passerelle jusqu’au 31 décembre et le doublement des montants du droit passerelle de crise.  Concrètement, le droit passerelle permet d’offrir une garantie de revenu minimum aux indépendants qui, après avoir temporairement interrompu partiellement ou totalement leur activité, ont pu la reprendre mais subissent une perte de chiffre d’affaires. L’accès à ce droit passerelle de soutien à la reprise aurait dû s’arrêter à la fin de ce mois d’octobre.

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belgium
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Cash transfers
COVID-19

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Switzerland: Extension of partial unemployment and simplification of procedures

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State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO (29.10.2020) By paying the compensation in the event of reduced working hours (RHT), unemployment insurance (AC) covers, for a certain time, part of the wage costs of workers whose normal working hours are reduced , and this in order to prevent layoffs resulting from short but inevitable job losses.

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switzerland
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Employment
Extension of coverage
Service quality
Cash transfers
COVID-19
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Switzerland: Coronavirus: compensation for reduced working hours for on-call workers

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Federal Council (28.10.2020) On October 28, 2020, the Federal Council amended the Covid-19 unemployment insurance ordinance. With this change, the right to compensation for reduced working hours is granted to on-call workers who have an indefinite contract. The change comes into effect retroactively on September 1, 2020.

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switzerland
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Employment
Extension of coverage
Cash transfers
COVID-19
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Monaco: Covid-19/ Youth employment assistance

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Public service  (19.11.2020) Employment assistance for young Monegasques or residents, under the age of 26, looking for a first job or first permanent professional integration, registered with the Commission for the Integration of Graduates and the Youth Employment Unit allows companies that recruit them to benefit from reimbursement of employer contributions (CCSS, CAR, AMRR, ASSEDIC, CET), for a maximum period of two years. This measure is open to employers until June 30, 2021.

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monaco
Topics
Employment
Employment of young workers
COVID-19
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Monaco: Renewal of Partial Exemption from Employers' Charges (EPCP) measure

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Service Public (19.11.2020) As part of the Principality's economic recovery plan, the Government has decided to renew the Partial Exemption from Employers' Charges (EPCP) measure . From now on, new sectors of activity that have been permanently impacted are included, and the turnover ceiling is raised to 5 million euros achieved in 2019, instead of one million previously. In

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monaco
Topics
Extension of coverage
Contribution collection and compliance
COVID-19
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